Plumage color and feather pecking - Behavioral differences associated with PMEL17 genotypes in chicken (Gallus gallus)

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 399-407

  Nätt, Daniel ^a   Kerje, Susanne ^b   Andersson, Leif ^b,c   Jensen, Per ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fear; Feather pecking; Melanin; Open field; PMEL17; Silver

Indexed keywords

PMEL17 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEATHER; FEATHER PECKING; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PROGENY; TONIC IMMOBILITY; WILD TYPE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHICKENS; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEATHERS; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; MELANOCYTES; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 33947228322     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-006-9125-0     Document Type: Article

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