THE HOODED ALLELE AND SELECTION OF WILD NORWAY RATS RATTUS-NORVEGICUSFOR BEHAVIOR

Authors
TRUT LN PLYUSNINA IZ PRASOLOVA LA KIM AA
Citation
Ln. Trut et al., THE HOODED ALLELE AND SELECTION OF WILD NORWAY RATS RATTUS-NORVEGICUSFOR BEHAVIOR, Genetika, 33(8), 1997, pp. 1155-1161
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity
Journal title
Genetika → ACNP
ISSN journal
00166758
Volume
33
Issue
8
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1155 - 1161
Database
ISI
SICI code
0016-6758(1997)33:8<1155:THAASO>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Selection of wild gray rats for domestication (tame behavior) resulted in a sharp increase in the frequency of heterozygotes at the h allele of hooded, the main locus of rat depigmentation. The observed effect of the selection on the manifestation of the h allele is compared with similar effects giving rise to piebaldness in other animals subjected to experimental domestication. The results are discussed in terms of genetic specificity of piebaldness and of the selection vector.