Heritability of dominant-aggressive behaviour in English Cocker Spaniels

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 100, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 219-227

  Pérez Guisado, Joaquín ^a   Lopez Rodríguez, Rocío ^a   Muñoz Serrano, Andrés ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coat colour; Dominant aggressive behaviour; Environmental variability; Heritability; Maternal effects; Sex

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CANID; GENETIC VARIATION; MATERNAL EFFECT; SIBLING;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33748747864     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2005.11.005     Document Type: Article

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