Article
Social approach-avoidance behavior of inbred mouse strains towards DBA/2 mice.
Brain research - 26 Mar 2004
Brodkin Edward S, Hagemann Andrea, Nemetski Sondra Maureen, Silver Lee M
Abstract excerpt
Little is known about the genetics of social approach-avoidance behaviors. We measured social approach-avoidance of prepubescent female C57BL/6J, DBA/2J, FVB/NJ, AKR/J, A/J, and BALB/cJ mice towards prepubescent DBA/2J female mice. C57BL/6J mice showed the greatest predominance of approach, while BALB/cJ mice showed the greatest predominance of avoidance. Thus, this phenotype is affected by spontaneous genetic...
Topics
- Animals
- Avoidance Learning
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred AKR
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Inbred DBA
- Phenotype
- Social Behavior
- Species Specificity
