Sources of behavioral deviation modeled by early color preferences in quail. III. Developmental stability and normative canalization.

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Sources of behavioral deviation modeled by early color preferences in quail. III. Developmental stability and normative canalization.

Behavior genetics - 1 Jul 1993

Kovach J K

Abstract excerpt

Successful artificial selection of quail (C. coturnix japonica) for divergent early approach preferences for, and imprintabilities to, the wavelength characteristics of otherwise identical visual stimuli decreased the trait's developmental stability. The developmental error that resulted from sel...

Topics

Animals
Choice Behavior
Color Perception
Coturnix
Female
Imprinting, Psychological
Male
Models, Genetic
Phenotype
Social Environment

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