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Polymorphism and genetic mapping of the human oxytocin receptor gene on chromosome 3.
American journal of medical genetics - 19 Jun 1995
Michelini S, Urbanek M, Dean M, Goldman D
Abstract excerpt
Centrally administered oxytocin has been reported to facilitate affiliative and social behaviours, in functional harmony with its well-known peripheral effects on uterine contraction and milk ejection. The biological effects of oxytocin could be perturbed by mutations occurring in the sequence of the oxytocin receptor gene, and it would be of interest to establish the position of this gene on the human linkage...
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