Is domestication driven by reduced fear of humans? Boldness, metabolism and serotonin levels in divergently selected red junglefowl (Gallus gallus)

Biology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Agnvall, Beatrix ^a   Katajamaa, Rebecca ^a   Altimiras, Jordi ^a   Jensen, Per ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Domestication; Genetics; Stress

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DIVERGENCE; DOMESTIC SPECIES; GENETICS; HORMONE; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; POULTRY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

CORTICOSTERONE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BLOOD; CHICKEN; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEAR; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BASAL METABOLISM; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHICKENS; CORTICOSTERONE; FEAR; FEMALE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEROTONIN; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84946601326     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2015.0509     Document Type: Article

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