Heritability and genetic correlation of hair cortisol in vervet monkeys in low and higher stress environments

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1201-1208

  Fairbanks, Lynn A ^a   Jorgensen, Matthew J ^b   Bailey, Julia N ^a   Breidenthal, Sherry E ^a   Grzywa, Rachel ^c   Laudenslager, Mark L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental stress; Genetic correlation; Hair cortisol; Heritability; HPA axis; Nonhuman primate; Vervet monkey

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHLOROCEBUS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEMALE; GENETIC CORRELATION; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR LEVEL; HERITABILITY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HAIR; HYDROCORTISONE; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SECRETORY PATHWAY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 80051473638     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.02.013     Document Type: Article

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