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Human maternal behaviour is associated with arginine vasopressin receptor 1A gene.
Biology letters - 23 Oct 2012
Avinun Reut, Ebstein Richard P, Knafo Ariel
Abstract excerpt
Parenting is one of the main influences on children's early development, and yet its underlying genetic mechanisms have only recently begun to be explored, with many studies neglecting to control for possible child effects. This study focuses on maternal behaviour and on an allele at the RS3 promoter region of the arginine vasopressin receptor 1A (AVPR1A) gene, previously associated with autism and with higher...
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