Artificial selection for increased wheel-running activity in house mice results in decreased body mass at maturity

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 2513-2520

  Swallow, John G ^a,b   Koteja, Pawel ^a,c   Carter, Patrick A ^a,d   Garland Jr , Theodore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity level; Body mass; Evolution; House mice; Mus domesticus; Quantitative genetics; Selection; Wheel running

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; TIME; WEANING;

ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHT; EXERTION; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SELECTION (GENETICS); TIME FACTORS; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033198850     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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