Selective breeding for an infant phenotype: Rat pup ultrasonic vocalization (USV)

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-65

  Brunelli, Susan A ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Autonomic; Breeding; Depression; Development; Postnatal; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; BREEDING; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEFECATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEART RATE; MICTURITION; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULTRASOUND; VOCALIZATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CROSSES, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; ULTRASONICS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 13644251568     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-004-0855-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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