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A simple genetic basis for a complex psychological trait in laboratory mice.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 8 Sept 1995
Flint J, Corley R, DeFries J C, Fulker D W, Gray J A, Miller S, Collins A C
Abstract excerpt
Psychological traits are commonly inferred from covariation in sets of behavioral measures that otherwise appear to have little in common. Emotionality in mice is such a trait, defined here by covariation in activity and defecation in a novel environment and emergence into the open arms of an elevated plus maze. Behavioral and quantitative trait analyses were conducted on four measures obtained from 879 mice from...
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