A growth QTL on chicken chromosome 1 affects emotionality and sociality.

doi:10.1007/s10519-010-9377-6

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A growth QTL on chicken chromosome 1 affects emotionality and sociality.

Behavior genetics - 1 Mar 2011

Wirén Anna, Jensen Per

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Domestication of animals, regardless of species, is often accompanied by simultaneous changes in several physiological and behavioral traits (e.g. growth rate and fearfulness). In this study we compared the social behavior and emotional reactivity, as measured in a battery of behavioral tests, of two groups of chickens selected from a common genetic background, an advanced intercross line between the ancestral...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Behavior, Animal
Chickens
Chromosome Mapping
Crosses, Genetic
Emotions
Female
Genotype
Homozygote
Male
Microsatellite Repeats
Quantitative Trait Loci
Receptors, Vasopressin
Social Behavior

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PMID: 20596888
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-010-9377-6

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