Genetic selection for avoidance behavior in the rat

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jul 1979 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Behavior Genetics, volume 9, pages 309-316 (issn: 0001-8244, eissn: 1573-3297,

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Authors: F R, Brush; J C, Froehlich; P C, Sakellaris;

doi: 10.1007/bf01068209

pmid: 518469

Genetic selection for avoidance behavior in the rat

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Long-Evans rats were selectively bred for over 20 generations using two behavioral criteria: (1) limited responding to the warning signal during ten pretest trials and (2) either good or poor avoidance behavior during 60 avoidance training trials in a two-way shuttlebox. The results suggest that avoidance behavior in the rat is a heritable characteristic that may be selected independently of activity level.

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Keywords

Male, Species Specificity, Avoidance Learning, Animals, Genetic Variation, Female, Inbreeding, Rats

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