Article
Physiological evidence for genetically mediated sibling recognition in mice.
Behavior genetics - 1 Nov 1994
D'Amato F R
Abstract excerpt
The kin selection theory predicts that individuals would behave differently toward one another, depending on their genetic relatedness. Kin discrimination has been demonstrated in mice from social behavior, and previous familiarity, as well as familiarity with the partner's phenotype, has been postulated to represent proximate mechanisms. It has already been demonstrated that siblings' reunion resulted in a...
Topics
- Animals
- Arousal
- Male
- Mice
- Opioid Peptides
- Pain Threshold
- Phenotype
- Sibling Relations
- Social Behavior
- Social Environment