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AVPR1A variation is linked to gray matter covariation in the social brain network of chimpanzees.
Genes, brain, and behavior - 1 Apr 2020
Mulholland Michele M, Navabpour Shaghayegh V, Mareno Mary C, Schapiro Steven J, Young Larry J, Hopkins William D
Abstract excerpt
The vasopressin system has been implicated in the regulation of social behavior and cognition in humans, nonhuman primates and other social mammals. In chimpanzees, polymorphisms in the vasopressin V1a receptor gene (AVPR1A) have been associated with social dimensions of personality, as well as to responses to sociocommunicative cues and mirror self-recognition. Despite evidence of this association with social...
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