Behavior-genetic analysis of the paradise fish (Macropodus opercularis). IV. Behavioral unit analysis of the response to novelty using recombinant inbred strains.
Frequencies and relative durations of eleven ethologically defined behavioral units were measured on paradise fish of two inbred strains and 9 recombinant inbred lines derived from their cross and then maintained under inbreeding. Significant genotype-dependent differences were found in all but one behavior units. Strain distribution patterns showed polygenic genetic determination of all units, and in several cases non-allelic genic interactions seem to contribute to the variation. Additive and interaction components of the progenitor means and minimal number of effective factors were estimated for each behavior unit.
Gervai
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Department of Behavioral Genetics, Eötvös Loránd University, Göd, Hungary.
Csányi
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D000818:Animals; D005106:Exploratory Behavior; D005260:Female; D005399:Fishes / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D005824:Genetics, Behavioral; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D013045:Species Specificity