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Interplay between aggression, brain monoamines and fur color mutation in the American mink.
Genes, brain, and behavior - 1 Nov 2016
Kulikov A V, Bazhenova E Y, Kulikova E A, Fursenko D V, Trapezova L I, Terenina E E, Mormede P, Popova N K, Trapezov O V
Abstract excerpt
Domestication of wild animals alters the aggression towards humans, brain monoamines and coat pigmentation. Our aim is the interplay between aggression, brain monoamines and depigmentation. The Hedlund white mutation in the American mink is an extreme case of depigmentation observed in domesticated animals. The aggressive (-2.06 ± 0.03) and tame (+3.5 ± 0.1) populations of wild-type dark brown color (standard)...
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