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Behavioural and physiological responses to stressors in sheep with temperament classified by genotype or phenotype.
Scientific reports - 8 Apr 2024
Kitagawa Yuri, Maloney Shane K, Pool Kelsey R, Webster Dane, Ohkura Satoshi, Blache Dominique, Ding Luoyang
Abstract excerpt
The single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs107856856, located in the tryptophan hydroxylase-2 gene, is associated with the behavioural phenotype for sheep temperament measured at weaning. Here, we tested the association between that SNP and physiological and behavioural responses to stressors in adult sheep. Two groups of adult sheep, one with genotype A/A (calm genotype) and the other with G/G (nervous genotype)...
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