The genetic basis of parental care evolution in monogamous mice

Andres Bendesky,Young-Mi Kwon,Jean-Marc Lassance,Caitlin L. Lewarch,Shenqin Yao,Brant K. Peterson,Meng Xiao He,Catherine Dulac,Hopi E. Hoekstra

The genetic basis of parental care evolution in monogamous mice

2017

Andres Bendesky
Young-Mi Kwon
Jean-Marc Lassance
Caitlin L. Lewarch
Shenqin Yao
Brant K. Peterson
Meng Xiao He
Catherine Dulac
Hopi E. Hoekstra

Parental care in mice evolves through multiple genetic changes; one candidate is vasopressin, the reduced expression of which promotes parental nest-building behaviour in monogamous mice.

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Human evolutionary genetics
Behavioural genetics
Paternal care
Social evolution
Quantitative trait locus
Evolutionary biology
Genetics
Biology
Vasopressin
Peromyscus polionotus
Quantitative genetics
Peromyscus
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