The relationship between DRD4 polymorphisms and phenotypic correlations of behaviors in the collared flycatcher

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1466-1479

  Garamszegi, László Z ^a   Mueller, Jakob C ^b   Markó, Gábor ^c,d,e   Szász, Eszter ^c   Zsebok, Sándor ^c,e,f   Herczeg, Gábor ^c   Eens, Marcel ^g   Török, János ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d Institute of Entrepreneurship and Innovation   (Hungary)

^e Institute and Museum of Military History Budapest   (Hungary)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antipredator behavior; Behavioral genetics; Behavioral syndromes; Linkage disequilibrium; Novelty seeking; Personality; Temperament

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899020277     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1041     Document Type: Article

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