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Additive and nonadditive genetic variation in avian personality traits.
Heredity - 1 Nov 2004
van Oers K, Drent P J, de Jong G, van Noordwijk A J
Abstract excerpt
Individuals of all vertebrate species differ consistently in their reactions to mildly stressful challenges. These typical reactions, described as personalities or coping strategies, have a clear genetic basis, but the structure of their inheritance in natural populations is almost unknown. We ca...
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