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Y chromosomal and sex effects on the behavioral stress response in the defensive burying test in wild house mice.
Physiology & behavior - 1 Oct 1999
Sluyter F, Korte S M, Van Baal G C, De Ruiter A J, Van Oortmerssen G A
Abstract excerpt
Genetically selected short attack latency (SAL) and long attack latency (LAL) male wild house mice behave differently in the defensive burying test. When challenged, SAL males respond actively with more time spent on defensive burying, whereas LAL males are more passive with more time remaining immobile. The first aim of this study was to find out whether the nonpairing part of the Y chromosome (Y(NPAR)) affects...
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