Genetic influences on maternal care

American Naturalist

Volumn 160, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2002, Pages

  Peripato, Andréa C ^a,b   Cheverud, James M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epistasis; Genetic architecture; Mammals; Maternal care; QTL

Indexed keywords

GENETICS; MAMMAL; MATERNAL CARE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036929827     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3078955     Document Type: Article

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