@article{ref1,
title="No evidence for a Y chromosomal effect on alternative behavioral strategies in mice",
journal="Behavior genetics",
year="1997",
author="Sluyter, F. and Bult, A. and Lynch, C. B. and Meeter, F. and Van Oortmerssen, G. A.",
volume="27",
number="5",
pages="477-482",
abstract="This study takes the first step toward testing a Y chromosomal effect on both aggression and thermoregulatory nest-building behavior in mouse lines either bidirectionally selected for short (SAL) and long (LAL) attack latency or high (HIGH) and low (LOW) nest-building behavior. Using reciprocal crosses between SAL and LAL, and between HIGH and LOW, we found no indications for Y chromosomal effects on thermoregulatory nest-building behavior. As for aggression, we confirmed earlier studies on SAL and LAL, i.e., the origin of the Y chromosome influences attack latency, i.e., aggression. However, we did not find indications for a Y chromosomal effect on aggression in the HIGH and LOW lines. Since aggression and nest-building behavior have been shown to be characteristic parameters of two fundamentally different behavioral strategies, the present data underline the improbability of Y chromosomal genes underlying the genetic architecture of alternative behavioral strategies.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0001-8244",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}