The domestication effects on social support in chickens (Gallus gallus)
When animals are stressed they use a trait called social support to alleviate their stress responses. With domestication many traits from the ancestor red junglefowl have changed in the domesticated breed white leghorn. White leghorns are bred to be able to live in large groups where it becomes hard...
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Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi
2012
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Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-79026 |