Heritability of lateralization in fish: Concordance of right-left asymmetry between parents and offspring

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 907-912

  Bisazza, Angelo ^a   Facchin, Lucilla ^a   Vallortigara, Giorgio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Department of Psychology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asymmetric eye use; Brain asymmetry; Fish; Genetics of lateralization; Handedness; Lateralization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE; FEMALE; FISH; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HERITABILITY; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARENT; PREDATOR; PROGENY; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FISHES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; MALE;

EID: 0034115080     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(00)00018-X     Document Type: Article

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