Effect of domestication on aggression in gray Norway rats

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 583-592

  Plyusnina, Irina Z ^a   Solov'Eva, Maria Yu ^a   Oskina, Irina N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Intraspecific intermale aggression; Norway rats; Resident intruder test; Selection

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BODY POSTURE; BREEDING LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DOMESTICATION; GRAY NORWAY RAT; GROOMING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REARING; SOCIAL STRESS; TERRITORIALITY;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 79959696121     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-010-9429-y     Document Type: Article

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