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Inheritance of predisposition to catalepsy in mice.
Behavior genetics - 1 Jul 1993
Kulikov A V, Kozlachkova E Y, Maslova G B, Popova N K
Abstract excerpt
"Pinch-induced" catalepsy (excessive freezing) was studied in mice of nine inbred strains. The CBA/Icg strain had the highest predisposition to catalepsy, with 56% males and 73% females exhibiting 120-s immobility after four tests. A Mendelian analysis of predisposition to catalepsy was performed on CBA/Icg and AKR/J mice contrasting in this trait. Reciprocal F1 hybrids did not display freezing after 10 tests....
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