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Androgen Receptor and Vasopressin Receptor (AVPR1a) Genetic Polymorphisms are not associated with Marital Status or Fertility among Ariaal Men of Northern Kenya

Peter B. Gray¹, Dan T. A. Eisenberg² & Benjamin C. Campbell³

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1. Department of Anthropology and Ethnic Studies, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
2. Department of Anthropology, Northwestern University
3. Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

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Received 30 April 2009 23:27 UTC; Posted 01 May 2009

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Genetics & Genomics

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• hormone receptors
• androgen receptor
• endocrinology
• testosterone
• vasopressin
• reproduction
• pastoralists
• AVPR1a

Abstract:

A growing body of scholarship implicates testosterone and vasopressin in male reproductive behavior, including in humans. Since hormones exert their effects through their respective receptors, an open question has been whether genetic polymorphisms in the androgen receptor and vasopressin 1a receptor (AVPR1a) impact human male social behavior. Here, we sought to test for associations between polymorphisms in the coding region of the androgen receptor and promoter region of AVPR1a in relation to marital status and fertility among pastoralist Ariaal men of northern Kenya. None of the three polymorphisms were related to marital status (single, monogamously married, polygynously married) or fertility (number of current living children). We discuss these null findings in light of existing data.

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Gray, Peter, Eisenberg, Dan, and Campbell, Benjamin. Androgen Receptor and Vasopressin Receptor (AVPR1a) Genetic Polymorphisms are not associated with Marital Status or Fertility among Ariaal Men of Northern Kenya. Available from Nature Precedings <http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/npre.2009.3208.1> (2009)

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