Evidence of phenotypic and genetic relationships between sociality, emotional reactivity and production traits in Japanese quail.

The social behavior of animals, which is partially controlled by genetics, is one of the factors involved in their adaptation to large breeding groups. To understand better the relationships between different social behaviors, fear behaviors and production traits, we analyzed the phenotypic and gene...

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Main Authors: Julien Recoquillay, Christine Leterrier, Ludovic Calandreau, Aline Bertin, Frédérique Pitel, David Gourichon, Alain Vignal, Catherine Beaumont, Elisabeth Le Bihan-Duval, Cécile Arnould
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24324761/?tool=EBI