Inheritance of predisposition to catalepsy in mice.

doi:10.1007/BF01067439

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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...

Topics

Animals
Catalepsy
Female
Genotype
Male
Mice
Mice, Inbred Strains
Models, Genetic
Motor Activity
Phenotype
Species Specificity

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