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Maternal behavior modulates X-linked inheritance of behavioral coping in the defensive burying test.
Biological psychiatry - 1 Jun 2004
Ahmadiyeh Nasim, Slone-Wilcoxon Jennifer L, Takahashi Joseph S, Redei Eva E
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BACKGROUND: Complex behavioral traits such as coping strategies in response to stress are usually formed by genetic and environmental influences. METHODS: By exploiting the phenotypic and genotypic differences between the Wistar Kyoto (WKY) and Fischer 344 (F344) inbred rat strains, we recently identified three X chromosome-linked quantitative trait loci contributing to differences in coping strategies in the...
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