Article
Risk-taking coping style correlates with SERT SNP290 polymorphisms in free-living great tits.
The Journal of experimental biology - 1 May 2022
Riyahi Sepand, Carrillo-Ortiz José G, Uribe Francesc, Calafell Francesc, Senar Juan Carlos
Abstract excerpt
The coping style of an individual in relation to potentially dangerous situations has been suggested to be inherited in a polygenic fashion, SERT being one of the candidate genes. In this study, we assessed in free-living great tits (Parus major) the association between SNP290 in the SERT promoter and three standard fear-related behaviors: the response of the birds to a black-and-white flag fixed to the top of...
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