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A genome scan with AFLP markers to detect fearfulness-related QTLs in Japanese quail.
Animal genetics - 1 Oct 2005
Beaumont C, Roussot O, Feve K, Vignoles F, Leroux S, Pitel F, Faure J M, Mills A D, Guémené D, Sellier N, Mignon-Grasteau S, Le Roy P, Vignal A
Abstract excerpt
A quantitative trait loci (QTL) study was undertaken to identify genome regions involved in the control of fearfulness in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica). An F2 cross was made between two quail lines divergently selected over 29 generations on duration of tonic immobility (DTI), a catatonic-like state of reduced responsiveness to a stressful stimulation. A total of 1065 animals were measured for the logarithm...
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- Animals
- Chromosome Mapping
- Corticosterone
- Coturnix
- Crosses, Genetic
- Fear
