All a mother's fault? Transmission of stereotypy in striped mice Rhabdomys

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 115, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 82-89

  Jones, Megan ^a   van Lierop, Mathew ^a   Pillay, Neville ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Epigenetic factors; Genetics; Prenatal stress; Stereotypic behaviour

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE POPULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; MATERNAL EFFECT; PREGNANCY; RODENT; STEREOTYPIC BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; MUS; RHABDOMYS;

EID: 54149107975     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2008.05.007     Document Type: Article

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