QTL analysis of behavior in nine-spined sticklebacks (Pungitius pungitius)

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 77-88

  Laine, Veronika N ^a   Herczeg, Gábor ^b,d   Shikano, Takahito ^b   Vilkki, Johanna ^c   Merilä, Juha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Behavior; Fish; Microsatellite; Personality; QTL; Stickleback

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEEDING; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; PUNGITIUS; PUNGITIUS PUNGITIUS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS MAPPING;

PUNGITIUS PUNGITIUS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FISHES; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 84893691551     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-013-9624-8     Document Type: Article

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