title: [Effect of a major gene in inheritance of the cortisol level in the peripheral blood of a domesticable population of foxes (Vulpes vulpes)].
abstract: Domestication of animals is known to be associated with hereditary changes in the pituitary-adrenal system which regulates most important stages of ontogenesis. Cortisol is one of the basic indices of activity of this system. A segregation analysis of inheritance of cortisol content in blood of domestic silver fox population was undertaken. The results of the analysis point to an effect of a major gene controlling this quantitative trait, and indicate that breeding for domestic behaviour is accompanied by selection of individuals homozygous with respect to recessive genes controlling the cortisol level.
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Vasil'eva
authors.forename: I L
authors.initials: IL
authors.lastname: Chepkasov
authors.forename: I N
authors.initials: IN
authors.lastname: Os'kina
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000235:genetics*; D001947:Breeding / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005589:Foxes / Q000235:genetics*; D005808:Genes, Recessive / Q000235:genetics*; D006720:Homozygote; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D010913:Pituitary-Adrenal System / Q000502:physiology; D012641:Selection, Genetic
chemical_list: D006854:Hydrocortisone
vernacular_title: Effekt glavnogo gena v nasledovanii urovnia kortizola perifericheskoĭ krovi domestitsiruemoĭ populiatsii lisits (Vulpes vulpes).