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ORGANISM(S): Gallus gallus
SUBMITTER: Daniel Natt
PROVIDER: E-MTAB-645 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Lindqvist Christina C Janczak Andrew M AM Nätt Daniel D Nätt Daniel D Baranowska Izabella I Lindqvist Niclas N Wichman Anette A Lundeberg Joakim J Lindberg Johan J Torjesen Peter A PA Jensen Per P
PloS one 20070411 4
<h4>Background</h4>Stress influences many aspects of animal behaviour and is a major factor driving populations to adapt to changing living conditions, such as during domestication. Stress can affect offspring through non-genetic mechanisms, but recent research indicates that inherited epigenetic modifications of the genome could possibly also be involved.<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>Red junglefowl (RJF, ancestors of modern chickens) and domesticated White Leghorn (WL) chickens were ra ...[more]