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The degree of lateralization of paw usage (handedness) in the mouse is defined by three major phenotypes.
Behavior genetics - 1 Jul 1996
Biddle F G, Eales B A
Abstract excerpt
Lateralization of paw usage in the laboratory mouse may be a useful model system in which to assess the genetic and developmental cause of asymmetry of hand usage. With a set number of paw reaches from a centrally placed food tube, individual mice from an inbred strain will exhibit a reliable number of left and right paw reaches. For a single inbred strain, there are approximately equal numbers of left-pawed and...
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