The genetic contribution to canine personality

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 240-248

  Saetre, P ^a,b   Strandberg, E ^c   Sundgren, P E ^c   Pettersson, U ^a   Jazin, E ^b   Bergstrom T F ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Behavioral genetics; Behavioral test; Canis familiaris; Dog; Genetic correlations; Heritability; Personality trait

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; BREED; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INHERITANCE; MALE; MENTAL TEST; NONHUMAN; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COHORT STUDIES; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; PEDIGREE; PERSONALITY; PHENOTYPE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SEX FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; TEMPERAMENT; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 33645456651     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2005.00155.x     Document Type: Article

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