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Paternal transmission of complex phenotypes in inbred mice.
Biological psychiatry - 1 Dec 2009
Alter Mark D, Gilani Ahmed I, Champagne Frances A, Curley James P, Turner J Blake, Hen Rene
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Inbred mice are genetically identical but nonetheless demonstrate substantial variability in complex behaviors such as activity levels in a novel environment. This variability has been associated with levels of parental care experienced early in development. Although maternal effects have been reported in biparental and uniparental strains, there have been no investigations of paternal effects in...
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