Studies on wild house mice. VII. Prenatal maternal environment and aggression.

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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

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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...

Topics

Aggression
Animals
Animals, Wild
Embryo Transfer
Female
Genotype
Male
Mice
Mice, Inbred Strains
Models, Genetic
Pregnancy
Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects
Selection, Genetic
Social Environment
Y Chromosome

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