Androgen receptor gene polymorphisms are associated with aggression in Japanese Akita Inu

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 658-660

  Konno, Akitsugu ^a,b   Inoue Murayama, Miho ^c   Hasegawa, Toshikazu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aggression; Androgen receptor gene; Dogs; Gene polymorphisms; Personality

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ALLELE; ANDROGEN; CANID; COLOR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOMICS; POLYMORPHISM; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 80053917480     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0087     Document Type: Article

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