Animal evolution during domestication: The domesticated fox as a model

BioEssays

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 349-360

  Trut, Lyudmíla ^a   Oskina, Irina ^a   Kharlamova, Anastasiya ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Animal domestication; Behavior; Developmental rates; Evolution; Morphological diversity; Regulatory system; Selection

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; DNA; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DNA METHYLATION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DOMESTICATION; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; EPIGENETICS; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FOX; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INBREEDING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NATURAL SELECTION; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; REVIEW; SIMPLE SEQUENCE REPEAT; TAMEABILITY; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOGS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOXES; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEUROENDOCRINE CELLS; PHENOTYPE; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MAMMALIA; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 65249176311     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.200800070     Document Type: Review

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