Effects of testosterone exposure and fighting experience on the aggressive behavior of female and male mice selectively bred for intermale aggression.

doi:10.1006/hbeh.1994.1019

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Effects of testosterone exposure and fighting experience on the aggressive behavior of female and male mice selectively bred for intermale aggression.

Hormones and behavior - 1 Sept 1994

Sandnabba N K, Lagerspetz K M, Jensen E

Abstract excerpt

Exposure of female mice to testosterone resulted in aggressive behavior as a function of breeding line in two lines of mice selectively bred for high (Turku Aggressive, TA) and low (Turku Nonaggressive, TNA) levels of aggressiveness. Female TA mice that received a single injection of testosterone...

Topics

Aggression
Agonistic Behavior
Animals
Female
Male
Mice
Mice, Inbred Strains
Phenotype
Selection, Genetic
Sex Differentiation
Social Environment
Testis
Testosterone
Y Chromosome

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