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Genetic mapping of natural variation in schooling tendency in the threespine stickleback.
G3 (Bethesda, Md.) - 25 Feb 2015
Greenwood Anna K, Ardekani Reza, McCann Shaugnessy R, Dubin Matthew E, Sullivan Amy, Bensussen Seth, Tavaré Simon, Peichel Catherine L
Abstract excerpt
Although there is a heritable basis for many animal behaviors, the genetic architecture of behavioral variation in natural populations remains mostly unknown, particularly in vertebrates. We sought to identify the genetic basis for social affiliation in two populations of threespine sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) that differ in their propensity to school. Marine sticklebacks from Japan school strongly...
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