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Genetics of Interactive Behavior in Silver Foxes (Vulpes vulpes).
Behavior genetics - 1 Jan 2017
Nelson Ronald M, Temnykh Svetlana V, Johnson Jennifer L, Kharlamova Anastasiya V, Vladimirova Anastasiya V, Gulevich Rimma G, Shepeleva Darya V, Oskina Irina N, Acland Gregory M, Rönnegård Lars, Trut Lyudmila N, Carlborg Örjan, Kukekova Anna V
Abstract excerpt
Individuals involved in a social interaction exhibit different behavioral traits that, in combination, form the individual's behavioral responses. Selectively bred strains of silver foxes (Vulpes vulpes) demonstrate markedly different behaviors in their response to humans. To identify the genetic basis of these behavioral differences we constructed a large F2 population including 537 individuals by cross-breeding...
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