A genetic analysis of avian personality traits: Correlated, response to artificial selection

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 611-619

  Van Oers, Kees ^a   De Jong, Gerdien ^b   Drent, Piet J ^a   Van Noordwijk, Arie J ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

boldness; exploration; genetic correlation; Parus major; personalities; risk taking behavior

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL SELECTION; CALCULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FOWL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; NONHUMAN; PERSONALITY TEST; PLEIOTROPY;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; RISK-TAKING; SELECTION (GENETICS); SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; PARUS; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 7744237552     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-004-5588-z     Document Type: Article

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