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Quantitative trait loci for aggressive behavior in Drosophila melanogaster.
Genetics - 1 Jul 2009
Edwards Alexis C, Mackay Trudy F C
Abstract excerpt
Aggressive behavior is observed across animal taxa and is likely to be evolutionarily conserved. Although potentially advantageous, aggression can have social and health consequences in humans, and is a component of a number of psychiatric disorders. As a complex genetic trait, it is modulated by numerous quantitative trait loci (QTL) with allelic effects that can vary in direction and magnitude and that are...
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