Association of oxytocin receptor gene polymorphisms with difference in social behaviour between cats and dogs

• Main Author: Khairul Anuar Hamidon
• Other Authors: Shu Jian Jun
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering; Science::Biological sciences
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/141709
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The oxytocin system plays a key role in the regulation of social behaviour and personality, with research revealing the association of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the oxytocin receptor (OXTR) gene with underlying behavioural mechanisms in both humans and animals. A preliminary comparis...