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Evolution of a small-muscle polymorphism in lines of house mice selected for high activity levels.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Jun 2002
Garland Theodore, Morgan Martin T, Swallow John G, Rhodes Justin S, Girard Isabelle, Belter Jason G, Carter Patrick A
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To study the correlated evolution of locomotor behavior and exercise physiology, we conducted an artificial selection experiment. From the outbred Hsd:ICR strain of Mus domesticus, we began eight separate lines, each consisting of 10 breeding pairs. In four of the lines, we used within-family selection to increase voluntary wheel running. The remaining four lines were random-bred (within lines) to serve as...
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