ISSN:
1573-3297
Keywords:
mice
;
behavior
;
domestication
;
drift
;
evolution
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Psychology
Notes:
Abstract Three populations of randomly bredMus musculus, differing in size and generations of isolation, were scored on a battery of 16 behavioral and 4 physical measures. The pattern of population differences in wheel activity, open-field behavior, skin conductance, and shuttle-box behavior is consistent with the operation of drift associated more closely with small population size than with generations of separation. Other possible explanations are less likely.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01066241
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