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[Genetic analysis of open-field behavior in mice (author's transl)]. 1976

J Makino

505 mice of BB and C 57 BL/6 as parental strains, as well as derived F 1, F 2 and backcrosses were tested for spontaneous motor activities and eliminations in 4 different apparatus. A component being highly associated expecially with open-field measures was obtained from the principal component analysis. This suggests that an individual score on this composite variable represents a certain unique open-field behavioral pattern. Relatively low heritabilities in broad sense (coefficient of genetic determination) were given by classic genetic analysis, indicating the substantially great effects of the environmental factors of this behavioral character. Further, albino mice in BB, F 2 and B X B showed a very inactive open-field behavioral pattern than pigmented mice.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D009043	Motor Activity	Body movements of a human or an animal as a behavioral phenomenon.	Activities, Motor,Activity, Motor,Motor Activities
D005260	Female		Females
D005824	Genetics, Behavioral	The experimental study of the relationship between the genotype of an organism and its behavior. The scope includes the effects of genes on simple sensory processes to complex organization of the nervous system.	Psychogenetics,Behavioral Genetics
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D051379	Mice	The common name for the genus Mus.	Mice, House,Mus,Mus musculus,Mice, Laboratory,Mouse,Mouse, House,Mouse, Laboratory,Mouse, Swiss,Mus domesticus,Mus musculus domesticus,Swiss Mice,House Mice,House Mouse,Laboratory Mice,Laboratory Mouse,Mice, Swiss,Swiss Mouse,domesticus, Mus musculus