ArticleBehavior genetics2017
Chimpanzee Personality and the Arginine Vasopressin Receptor 1A Genotype.
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- AVPR1A variation is linked to gray matter covariation in the social brain network of chimpanzees.Genes, brain, and behavior · 2020Article
- A review of research in primate sanctuaries.Biology letters · 2020Review
- Personality links with lifespan in chimpanzees.eLife · 2018Article
- Weak effects of common genetic variation in oxytocin and vasopressin receptor genes on rhesus macaque social behavior.American journal of primatology · 2018Article
- Common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) personality, subjective well-being, hair cortisol level and AVPR1a, OPRM1, and DAT genotypes.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Effects on gene expression and behavior of untagged short tandem repeats: the case of arginine vasopressin receptor 1a (AVPR1a) and externalizing behaviors.Translational psychiatry · 2018Article
- Personality in the chimpanzees of Gombe National Park.Scientific data · 2017Article
- A human model for primate personality.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2017Review
- Sex Differences in the Regulation of Offensive Aggression and Dominance by Arginine-Vasopressin.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2017Review
- Triarchic Psychopathy Dimensions in Chimpanzees (Frontiers in neuroscience · 2017Article
- Bonobo personality traits are heritable and associated with vasopressin receptor gene 1a variation.Scientific reports · 2016Article
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Abstract
Polymorphisms of the arginine vasopressin receptor 1a (AVPR1a) gene have been linked to various measures related to human social behavior, including sibling conflict and agreeableness. In chimpanzees, AVPR1a polymorphisms have been associated with traits important for social interactions, including sociability, joint attention, dominance, conscientiousness, and hierarchical personality dimensions named low alpha/stability, disinhibition, and negative emotionality/low dominance. We examined associations between AVPR1a and six personality domains and hierarchical personality dimensions in 129 chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) living in Japan or in a sanctuary in Guinea. We fit three linear and three animal models. The first model included genotype, the second included sex and genotype, and the third included genotype, sex, and sex × genotype. All personality phenotypes were heritable. Chimpanzees possessing the long form of the allele were higher in conscientiousness, but only in models that did not include the other predictors; however, additional analyses suggested that this may have been a consequence of study design. In animal models that included sex and sex × genotype, chimpanzees homozygous for the short form of the allele were higher in extraversion. Taken with the findings of previous studies of chimpanzees and humans, the findings related to conscientiousness suggest that AVPR1a may be related to lower levels of impulsive aggression. The direction of the association between AVPR1a genotype and extraversion ran counter to what one would expect if AVPR1a was related to social behaviors. These results help us further understand the genetic basis of personality in chimpanzees.
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