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AVPR1A Variant Associated with Preschoolers' Lower Altruistic Behavior

The genetic origins of altruism, defined here as a costly act aimed to benefit non-kin individuals, have not been examined in young children. However, previous findings concerning adults pointed at the arginine vasopressin receptor 1A (AVPR1A) gene as a possible candidate. AVPR1A has been associated...

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Autores principales: Avinun, Reut, Israel, Salomon, Shalev, Idan, Gritsenko, Inga, Bornstein, Gary, Ebstein, Richard P., Knafo, Ariel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3182215/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21980412
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0025274