An approach to canine behavioural genetics employing guide dogs for the blind

Animal Genetics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 217-224

  Takeuchi, Y ^a   Hashizume, C ^a   Arata, S ^a   Inoue Murayama, M ^b,d   Maki, T ^b   Hart, B L ^c   Mori, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aggression; Behavioural traits; Canine temperament testing; Dogs; Genetic polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; BLINDNESS; DOG; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLINDNESS; DOGS; FEMALE; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; GENOME; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 62949190657     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2008.01823.x     Document Type: Article

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