Article
Heritable variation for aggression as a reflection of individual coping strategies.
Experientia - 15 Oct 1991
Benus R F, Bohus B, Koolhaas J M, van Oortmerssen G A
Abstract excerpt
Evidence is presented in rodents, that individual differences in aggression reflect heritable, fundamentally different, but equally valuable alternative strategies to cope with environmental demands. Generally, aggressive individuals show an active response to aversive situations. In a social setting, they react with flight or escape when defeated; in non-social situations, they react with active avoidance of...
Topics
- Adaptation, Psychological
- Aggression
- Animals
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Male
- Mice
- Rats
- Y Chromosome