Effect of selection for behavior on pituitary-adrenal axis and proopiomelanocortin gene expression in silver foxes (Vulpes vulpes)

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 82, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 513-518

  Gulevich, R G ^a   Oskina, I N ^a   Shikhevich, S G ^a   Fedorova, E V ^a   Trut, L N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

ACTH; Cortisol; Fox; Pituitary POMC and hypothalamic CRF gene expression; Selection for tame and aggressive behavior

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

AGGRESSIVENESS; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOX; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 3242744413     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2004.04.062     Document Type: Article

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