Genetic variation in paw preference (handedness) in the mouse.

doi:10.1139/g93-123

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Genetic variation in paw preference (handedness) in the mouse.

Genome - 1 Oct 1993

Biddle F G, Coffaro C M, Ziehr J E, Eales B A

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Lateralization of paw preference in laboratory mice in a single-paw reaching task has been used as a model system for left- and right-hand usage. Given a set number of paw reaches for food from a centrally placed food tube, an individual mouse will exhibit a reliable number of left and right paw...

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Animals
Female
Functional Laterality
Genetic Variation
Male
Mice
Mice, Inbred Strains

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