Behavioral characterization of a white-throated sparrow homozygous for the ZAL2m chromosomal rearrangement

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 60-70

  Horton, Brent M ^a   Hu, Yuchen ^a   Martin, Christa L ^b   Bunke, Brian P ^b   Matthews, Beth S ^b   Moore, Ignacio T ^c   Thomas, James W ^d   Maney, Donna L ^a,e  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Rollins Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Alternative phenotypes; Chromosomal inversion; Life history strategies; Polymorphism; White throated sparrow

Indexed keywords

ADULT ANIMAL; AGE; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE MAPPING; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; KARYOTYPING; MATING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX; SPARROW; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WHITE THROATED SPARROW;

AGGRESSION; ALLELES; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOMES; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HOMOZYGOTE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPARROWS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

AVES; ZONOTRICHIA ALBICOLLIS;

EID: 84872674872     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-012-9574-6     Document Type: Article

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