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Investigating the genetic basis of altruism: the role of the COMT Val158Met polymorphism.

Social cognitive and affective neuroscience - 1 Oct 2011

Reuter Martin, Frenzel Clemens, Walter Nora T, Markett Sebastian, Montag Christian

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Findings from twin studies yield heritability estimates of 0.50 for prosocial behaviours like empathy, cooperativeness and altruism. First molecular genetic studies underline the influence of polymorphisms located on genes coding for the receptors of the neuropeptides, oxytocin and vasopressin. H...

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PMID: 21030481
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsq083
PMCID: PMC3190209

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