Life spans in mice from strains selected for high or low aggression

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 457-464

  Ewalds Kvist, S Béatrice M ^a   Selander, Ritva Kajsa ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aggression; Life span; Mice; Selective breeding

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040155928     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2337(1996)22:6<457::AID-AB6>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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