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Emotional reactivity in mice may not be inherited but influenced by parents.
Physiology & behavior - 1 Jan 2004
Calatayud F, Coubard S, Belzung C
Abstract excerpt
Heredity is often assimilated to genetic transmission of traits. However, some traits may be socially inherited. This has been described for maternal behaviour as well as for emotional reactivity in rodents such as rats or mice. The aim of the present study was to investigate further this idea using two backcrosses between CB6 or B6C females and C57BL/6 males. Indeed, the experimental groups are genetically...
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