Domestication affects the structure, development and stability of biobehavioural profiles

Frontiers in Zoology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kaiser, Sylvia ^a   Hennessy, Michael B ^b   Sachser, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Behavioural development; Biobehavioural profile; Cortisol; Domestication; Guinea pig; Individual variability; Social behaviour; Testosterone; Wild cavy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977562240     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17429994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-12-S1-S19     Document Type: Review

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