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Within-strain variation in behavior differs consistently between common inbred strains of mice.
Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society - 1 Aug 2015
Loos Maarten, Koopmans Bastijn, Aarts Emmeke, Maroteaux Gregoire, van der Sluis Sophie, Verhage Matthijs, Smit August B
Abstract excerpt
Genetic and environmental factors interact throughout life and give rise to individual differences, i.e., individuality. The diversifying effect of environmental factors is counteracted by genetic mechanisms to yield persistence of specific features (robustness). Here, we compared robustness between cohorts of isogenic mice of eight different commonly used strains by analyzing to what extent environmental...
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