The genetic basis of family conflict resolution in mice

Nature

Volumn 421, Issue 6922, 2003, Pages 533-535

  Hager, Reinmar ^a   Johnstone, Rufus A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS;

FAMILY CONFLICT RESOLUTION;

GENES;

GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MATERNAL CARE; RODENT;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; INHERITANCE; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CROSSES, GENETIC; EVOLUTION; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FEMALE; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; GENOTYPE; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WEIGHT LOSS;

RODENTIA;

EID: 0037472889     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01239     Document Type: Article

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