The influence of sex and estrous cycle on QTL for emotionality and ethanol consumption

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 22, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 329-340

  Izídio, Geison S ^a,b   Oliveira, Letícia C ^a   Oliveira, Lígia F G ^a   Pereira, Elayne ^a   Wehrmeister, Thaize D ^a   Ramos, André ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 4; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; EMOTIONALITY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; GENE LOCUS; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; METESTRUS; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PLEIOTROPY; PROESTRUS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RAT; SEX;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES, MAMMALIAN; EMOTIONS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RATS, INBRED SHR;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 80051549409     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: 14321777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00335-011-9327-5     Document Type: Article

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