title: Behavior-genetic analysis of the paradise fish (Macropodus opercularis). IV. Behavioral unit analysis of the response to novelty using recombinant inbred strains.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Behavioral Genetics, Eötvös Loránd University, Göd, Hungary.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gervai
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Csányi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005106:Exploratory Behavior; D005260:Female; D005399:Fishes / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D005824:Genetics, Behavioral; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D013045:Species Specificity