Effect of coat color mutations on behavioral polymorphism in farm populations of American minks (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Mustela vison</Emphasis> Schreber, 1777) and sables (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Martes zibellina</Emphasis> Linnaeus, 1758) |
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Authors: | O V Trapezov L I Trapezova E G Sergeev |
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Institution: | (1) Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia;(2) Afanasiev Research Institute of Fur-Bearing Animals and Rabbits, Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Rodniki, Ramenskii raion, Moscow oblast, 140143, Russia |
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Abstract: | Behavioral polymorphism estimated by the expression of the defensive reaction towards humans has been studied in farm-bred American minks and sables with different color types. Most animals (both minks and sables) from farm populations displayed passive defensive behavior towards humans in the standard hand catch test. Coat color genes have been found to have pleiotropic effects; they influence both the penetrance and expressivity of domestication behavior: in animals with aberrant color types (both sapphire minks and white-and-black sables), the proportion of animals with domestication behavior and the expressivity of this behavior are significantly higher (p < 0.01 and p < 0.001, respectively). |
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