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Preference for Western diet coadapts in High Runner mice and affects voluntary exercise and spontaneous physical activity in a genotype-dependent manner.
Behavioural processes - 1 Feb 2017
Acosta Wendy, Meek Thomas H, Schutz Heidi, Dlugosz Elizabeth M, Garland Theodore
Abstract excerpt
Do animals evolve (coadapt) to choose diets that positively affect their performance abilities? We addressed this question from a microevolutionary perspective by examining preference for Western diet (WD: high in fat and sugar, but lower in protein) versus standard rodent chow in adults of both sexes from 4 lines of mice selectively bred for high levels of voluntary wheel running (High Runner or HR lines) and 4...
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