Association of HPA axis-related genetic variation with stress reactivity and aggressive behaviour in pigs

BMC Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Muráni, Eduard ^a   Ponsuksili, Siriluck ^a   D'Eath, Richard B ^b   Turner, Simon P ^b   Kurt, Esra ^c   Evans, Gary ^d   Thölking, Ludger ^e   Klont, Ronald ^e   Foury, Aline ^f   Mormède, Pierre ^f   Wimmers, Klaus ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Optimeater Consulting   (Belgium)

^d PIC UK   (United Kingdom)

^e PIC Deutschland GmbH   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; CREATINE KINASE; DNA MARKER; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; LACTIC ACID; MELANOCORTIN 2 RECEPTOR; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; UROCORTIN; VASOPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN V1B RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR;

ADRENAL GLAND; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MENTAL STRESS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STRESS; SWINE; ALLELE; ANIMAL; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION HYBRID MAPPING;

SUIDAE;

AGGRESSION; ALLELES; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RADIATION HYBRID MAPPING; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SWINE;

EID: 77955302247     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-11-74     Document Type: Article

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