Table 1 Comparison of approved and proposed symbols for the oxytocin and arginine vasopressin ligand and receptor genes

From: The case for standardizing gene nomenclature in vertebrates

Approved symbol from joint nomenclature committees

Theofanopoulou et al. proposed symbol

OXT

OT

AVP

VT

OXTR

OTR

AVPR1A

VTR1A

AVPR1B

VTR1B

AVPR2 (aliased as AVPR2A*)

VTR2C

AVPR2B*

VTR2B

AVPR2C* or AVPR2L

VTR2A

  1. Newly approved symbols are indicated with *.