title: Personality in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): exploring the hierarchical structure and associations with the vasopressin V1A receptor gene.
abstract: One of the major contributions of recent personality psychology is the finding that traits are related to each other in an organized hierarchy. To date, however, researchers have yet to investigate this hierarchy in nonhuman primates. Such investigations are critical in confirming the cross-species nature of trait personality helping to illuminate personality as neurobiologically-based and evolutionarily-derived dimensions of primate disposition. Investigations of potential genetic polymorphisms associated with hierarchical models of personality among nonhuman primates represent a critical first step. The current study examined the hierarchical structure of chimpanzee personality as well as sex-specific associations with a polymorphism in the promoter region of the vasopressin V1a receptor gene (AVPR1A), a gene associated with dispositional traits, among 174 chimpanzees. Results confirmed a hierarchical structure of personality across species and, despite differences in early rearing experiences, suggest a sexually dimorphic role of AVPR1A polymorphisms on hierarchical personality profiles at a higher-order level.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.
authors.forename: Robert D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Latzman
authors.affiliation: Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America; Division of Developmental and Cognitive Neuroscience, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.
authors.forename: William D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Hopkins
authors.affiliation: Center for Translational Social Neuroscience, Division of Behavioral Neuroscience and Psychiatric Disorders, Yerkes National Primate Research Center & Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.
authors.forename: Alaine C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Keebaugh
authors.affiliation: Center for Translational Social Neuroscience, Division of Behavioral Neuroscience and Psychiatric Disorders, Yerkes National Primate Research Center & Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.
authors.forename: Larry J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Young
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002679:Pan troglodytes / Q000523:psychology*; D010551:Personality / Q000502:physiology*; D017483:Receptors, Vasopressin / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D017483:Receptors, Vasopressin
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