Article
Genetic mediation of infanticide and parental behavior in male and female domestic and wild stock house mice.
Behavior genetics - 1 Nov 1993
Perrigo G, Belvin L, Quindry P, Kadir T, Becker J, van Look C, Niewoehner J, vom Saal F S
Abstract excerpt
Infanticide is a reproductive strategy found in many mammals, especially rodents. The proportion of male and female house mice (Mus domesticus) that are either infanticidal or noninfanticidal is strain specific and varies widely from stock to stock. Male house mice also show strain-specific varia...
Topics
- Agonistic Behavior
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Animals, Wild
- Female
- Hybridization, Genetic
- Male
- Maternal Behavior
- Mice
- Paternal Behavior
- Phenotype
- Pregnancy