avpr1a and slc6a4 gene polymorphisms are associated with creative dance performanceavpr1a基因和slc6a4基因多态性与创造性的舞蹈表演.pdf

AVPR1a and SLC6A4 Gene Polymorphisms Are Associated with Creative Dance Performance 1 2 3 4 5 5 5 Rachel Bachner-Melman , Christian Dina , Ada H. Zohar , Naama Constantini , Elad Lerer , Sarah Hoch , Sarah Sella , Lubov Nemanov5 5 5 6 1,5* , Inga Gritsenko , Pesach Lichtenberg , Roni Granot , Richard P. Ebstein ´ ´ 1 Department of Psychology, Mount Scopus, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, 2 Genetique Maladies Multifactorielles—Institut de Biologie de Lille, Lille, France, 3 Psychology, Behavioral Sciences, Ruppin Academic Center, Emek Hefer, Israel, 4 Israeli Olympic Medical Committee and Medical Faculty, Tel Aviv University, Te Aviv, Israel, 5 Sarah Herzog Memorial Hospital and Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, 6 Musicology Department, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel Dancing, which is integrally related to music, likely has its origins close to the birth of Homo sapiens, and throughout our history, dancing has been universally practiced in all societies. We hypothesized that there are differences among individuals in aptitude, propensity, and need for dancing that may partially be based on differences in common genetic polymorphisms. Identifying such differences may lead to an understanding of the neurobiological basis of one of mankind’s most universal and appealing behavioral traits—dancing. In the current study, 85 current performing dancers and their parents were genotyped for the serotonin transporter (SLC6A4: promoter region HTTLPR and intron 2 VNTR) and the arginine vasopressin receptor 1a (AVPR1a: promoter microsatellites RS1 and