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Foster dams rear fighters: strain-specific effects of within-strain fostering on aggressive behavior in male mice.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Cox Kimberly H, So Nina L T, Rissman Emilie F
Abstract excerpt
It is well known that genes and environment interact to produce behavioral phenotypes. One environmental factor with long-term effects on gene transcription and behavior is maternal care. A classic paradigm for examining maternal care and genetic interactions is to foster pups of one genetic strain to dams of a different strain ("between-strain fostering"). In addition, fostering to a dam of the same strain...
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