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Studies on wild house mice. VII. Prenatal maternal environment and aggression.
Behavior genetics - 1 Sept 1996
Sluyter F, van der Vlugt J J, van Oortmerssen G A, Koolhaas J M, van der Hoeven F, de Boer P
Abstract excerpt
The effect of the maternal environment on intermale aggression was studied by means of embryo transfer of genetically selected aggressive (SAL) and nonaggressive wild house mice (LAL), and their reciprocal F1's, to standard (NMR1) females. No effect was found on the attack latency scores (ALS), i.e., aggression: all genotypes born and raised under natural conditions showed an ALS similar that of genotypes born...
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