Association of a locus on rat chromosome 4 with anxiety-related behaviors in two selectively bred rat lines

The Floripa H and L rat lines, selected for high and low locomotion in the central aversive area of an open field, a widely used emotionality test, were proposed as a model for studying the genetic basis of anxiety. The present study aimed to verify if the QTL Ofil1, mapped to rat chromosome 4 and p...

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Main Authors: Thaïs M. Hameister, Geison S. Izídio, Victor H. Valiati, André Ramos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2008-12-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
Subjects:
QTL
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572008000500008