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Genotyping-By-Sequencing (GBS) Detects Genetic Structure and Confirms Behavioral QTL in Tame and Aggressive Foxes (Vulpes vulpes).
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Johnson Jennifer L, Wittgenstein Helena, Mitchell Sharon E, Hyma Katie E, Temnykh Svetlana V, Kharlamova Anastasiya V, Gulevich Rimma G, Vladimirova Anastasiya V, Fong Hiu Wa Flora, Acland Gregory M, Trut Lyudmila N, Kukekova Anna V
Abstract excerpt
The silver fox (Vulpes vulpes) offers a novel model for studying the genetics of social behavior and animal domestication. Selection of foxes, separately, for tame and for aggressive behavior has yielded two strains with markedly different, genetically determined, behavioral phenotypes. Tame strain foxes are eager to establish human contact while foxes from the aggressive strain are aggressive and difficult to...
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