Behavioural and physiological responses to stressors in sheep with temperament classified by genotype or phenotype

Abstract The single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs107856856, located in the tryptophan hydroxylase-2 gene, is associated with the behavioural phenotype for sheep temperament measured at weaning. Here, we tested the association between that SNP and physiological and behavioural responses to stresso...

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Main Authors: Yuri Kitagawa, Shane K. Maloney, Kelsey R. Pool, Dane Webster, Satoshi Ohkura, Dominique Blache, Luoyang Ding
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-58959-y