Genetics and genomics of animal behaviour and welfare-Challenges and possibilities

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 383-403

  Jensen, Per ^a   Buitenhuis, Bart ^b   Kjaer, Joergen ^c   Zanella, Adroaldo ^d   Mormède, Pierre ^e   Pizzari, Tommaso ^f  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^c INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Microarray; QTL analysis; Selection; Sexual selection; Stress; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; ARRAY; DOMESTIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HABITAT QUALITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 50649117558     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2008.01.012     Document Type: Article

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