Inheritance of Avoidance Conditioning in Mice: A Diallel Study
- 13 March 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 143 (3611) , 1188-1190
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.143.3611.1188
Abstract
Significant genetic differences were demonstrated in the rate of avoidance conditioning among offspring from all 25 mating combinations of 5 highly inbred mouse strains. Hybrids of C3H parents learned fastest, while those of A/JAX parents learned slowest. Most hybrids learned better than either parent. Evidence that differential influences of the early maternal environment affected the rate of learning was not supported.Keywords
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