Heritability and genetic correlations of fear-related behaviour in Red Junglefowl--possible implications for early domestication.

Domesticated species differ from their wild ancestors in a number of traits, generally referred to as the domesticated phenotype. Reduced fear of humans is assumed to have been an early prerequisite for the successful domestication of virtually all species. We hypothesized that fear of humans is lin...

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Main Authors: Beatrix Agnvall, Markus Jöngren, Erling Strandberg, Per Jensen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3334967?pdf=render