Selective breeding for isolation-induced intermale aggression in mice: associated responses and environmental influences.

doi:10.1007/BF02359752

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Selective breeding for isolation-induced intermale aggression in mice: associated responses and environmental influences.

Behavior genetics - 1 Sept 1996

Sandnabba N K

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Aggressive (TA) and nonaggressive (TNA) lines of mice were established by selective breeding for isolation-induced intermale aggression. This paper summarizes and updates studies performed on the TA and TNA lines. The genetic analysis revealed that in these lines the genes for aggression are loca...

Topics

Aggression
Animals
Crosses, Genetic
Genetic Markers
Genotype
Male
Mice
Selection, Genetic
Sexual Behavior, Animal
Social Environment
Social Isolation
Y Chromosome

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