The utility of zebrafish as a model for behavioural genetics

Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue , 2015, Pages 34-38

  Bonan, Carla D ^a   Norton, William H J ^b  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CONDITIONING; FEAR; FEAR CONDITIONING; FISH MODEL; GENETIC MODEL; LEARNING; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PREY; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TELENCEPHALON; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 84922641781     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23521546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2014.07.003     Document Type: Review

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