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Oxytocin and oxygen: the evolution of a solution to the ‘stress of life’

Oxytocin (OT) and the OT receptor occupy essential roles in our current understanding of mammalian evolution, survival, sociality and reproduction. This narrative review examines the hypothesis that many functions attributed to OT can be traced back to conditions on early Earth, including challenges...

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Autores principales: Carter, C. Sue, Kingsbury, Marcy A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9272143/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35856299
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2021.0054