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Understanding the behavioural phenotype of the precocial spiny mouse.
Behavioural brain research - 15 Dec 2014
Ratnayake Udani, Quinn Tracey, Daruwalla Kerman, Dickinson Hayley, Walker David W
Abstract excerpt
The use of the spiny mouse (Acomys cahirinus) in experimental research is steadily increasing, due to the precocial nature of this species and the similarities in endocrinology to the human. The characterisation of normal behavioural traits throughout development has not been comprehensively measured in the spiny mouse. Therefore the aim of this study was to behaviourally phenotype the spiny mouse, with the use...
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