Nongenomic inheritance of emotional reactivity in Japanese quail

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-12

  Richard Yris, Marie Annick ^a   Michel, Nadia ^a   Bertin, Aline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Coturnix coturnix japonica; Development of chicks; Mother's inherent fearfulness; Nongenomic transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; QUAIL;

AVES; COTURNIX; COTURNIX COTURNIX; COTURNIX JAPONICA; JAPONICA; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 12344283815     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20040     Document Type: Article

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