Genetic and behavioral tests of the McManus hypothesis relating response to selection for lateralization of handedness in mice to degree of heterozygosity.

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Genetic and behavioral tests of the McManus hypothesis relating response to selection for lateralization of handedness in mice to degree of heterozygosity.

Behavior genetics - 1 Jul 1993

Collins R L, Sargent E E, Neumann P E

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McManus advanced a genetic hypothesis to explain differences of lateralization between HI and LO lines of mice selectively bred for degree of handedness. It states that lateralization is a function of heterozygosity. Specifically it predicts that (a) the HI line will be more heterozygous than the...

Topics

Animals
Chromosome Mapping
Female
Functional Laterality
Hair Color
Heterozygote
Male
Mice
Mice, Inbred Strains
Phenotype
Psychomotor Performance
Selection, Genetic

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