Association of a locus on rat chromosome 4 with anxiety-related behaviors in two selectively bred rat lines

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 843-849

  Hameister, Thaïs M ^a   Izídio, Geison S ^a   Valiati, Victor H ^b   Ramos, André ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Behavior genetics; Emotionality; Open field; QTL; Rat lines

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MARKER;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; BREEDING; CHROMOSOME 4; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS MAPPING; RAT; RAT STRAIN;

RATTUS;

EID: 62549111682     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572008000500008     Document Type: Article

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