Basics of Oxytocin and Vasopressin
Oxytocin and Vasopressin are chemically similar hormones; the DNA sequences that constitute their genes are similar, and the two Genees occur close to each other on the same Chromosomes. There was a single ancestral gene that, a few hundred million years ago, was accidentally “duplicated” in the genome, and the 031 🧬DNA sequences in the two copies of the gene drifted independently, evolving into two closely related genes
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Oxytocin and vasopressin are involved in prosociality, ranging from parent/ offspring bonds to monogamous bonds to trust, Empathy, generosity, and social intelligence. Recall the caveats: (a) sometimes these neuropeptides are more about sociality than prosociality (in other words, boosting social information gathering, rather than acting prosocially with that information) […]
more xenophobic and preemptively aggressive.
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higher levels of either the hormones or their receptors tend toward more stable monogamous relationships,
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