Genetic influences on social attention in free-ranging rhesus macaques

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 103, Issue , 2015, Pages 267-275

  Watson, K K ^a   Li, D ^b,c   Brent, L J N ^b,c,d   Horvath, J E ^b,e,f   Gonzalez Martinez, J ^g   Ruiz Lambides A V ^g   Robinson, A G ^c   Skene, J H P ^c   Platt, M L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e NC Museum of Natural Sciences   (United States)

^f NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Macaca mulatta; Neuroethology; Primate; Rhesus macaque; Serotonin pathway; Social attention; TPH2; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; AVOIDANCE REACTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HERITABILITY; HOME RANGE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PATHOLOGY; PRIMATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIGILANCE;

MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 84939417538     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.02.012     Document Type: Article

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