Aggression in wild house mice: current state of affairs.

doi:10.1007/BF02359753

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Aggression in wild house mice: current state of affairs.

Behavior genetics - 1 Sept 1996

Sluyter F, van Oortmerssen G A, de Ruiter A J, Koolhaas J M

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This paper reviews our present state of knowledge of genetic variation in (offensive) aggression in wild house mice. The basic tools in this research were lines bidirectionally selected for attack latency (fast attacking SAL and slow attacking LAL males), descended from a feral population. Using...

Topics

Aggression
Animals
Animals, Wild
Brain Mapping
Female
Genetic Variation
Genotype
Male
Mice
Models, Genetic
Sexual Maturation
Social Environment
Testosterone
Y Chromosome

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