Oxytocin and arginine vasopressin systems in the domestication process

Abstract Domestication is of unquestionable importance to the technological revolution that has given rise to modern human societies. In this study, we analyzed the DNA and protein sequences of six genes of the oxytocin and arginine vasopressin systems (OXT-OXTR; AVP-AVPR1a, AVPR1b and AVPR2) in 40...

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Published in:	Genetics and Molecular Biology
Main Authors:	Bibiana S.O. Fam, Pamela Paré, Aline B. Felkl, Pedro Vargas-Pinilla, Vanessa R. Paixão-Côrtes, Lucas Henriques Viscardi, Maria Cátira Bortolini
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2018-03-01
Subjects:	Oxytocin and receptors vasopressin and receptors animal domestication molecular evolution positive selection
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572018005005105&lng=en&tlng=en