Behavior genetics and the domestication of animals

Annual Review of Animal Biosciences

Volumn 2, Issue , 2014, Pages 85-104

  Jensen, Per ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

chicken; dog; fear; neuropeptides; pigmentation; QTL; quantitative trait locus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BREEDING; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BREEDING; HUMANS; LIVESTOCK; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84906241369     PISSN: 21658102     EISSN: 21658110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-animal-022513-114135     Document Type: Article

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