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Differential effect of the DBA1 and C57BL10 Y chromosomes on the response to social or other stimuli for offense

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Offense was measured in a homogeneous set test and a standard opponent test for two congenic strains of mice. The two congenic strains were DBA1Bg and DBA1. C57BL10Y-Bg, which differ in the Y chromosome. DBA1 males were more aggressive than DBA.C57BL10-Y males in the homogeneous set test, whereas DBA1.C57BL10-Y males were more aggressive than DBA1 males in the standard opponent test. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that this Y-chromosomal variant affects an individual's response to social or other stimuli for offense rather than its display of social or other stimuli for offense or its fighting propensityper se. It may be that this is a differential response to urinary chemosignals.

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This research was supported by NIMH Grant MH-28021 to Drs. Benson E. Ginsburg and Stephen C. Maxson and by a grant from the University of Connecticut Research Foundation to Dr. Stephen C. Maxson.

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Didier-Erickson, A., Maxson, S.C. & Ogawa, S. Differential effect of the DBA1 and C57BL10 Y chromosomes on the response to social or other stimuli for offense. Behav Genet 19, 675–683 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01066030

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