Group housing and social dominance hierarchy affect circadian activity patterns in mice
In this study, we investigated the effect of social environment on circadian patterns in activity by group housing either six male or six female mice together in a cage, under regular light–dark cycles. Based on the interactions among the animals, the social dominance rank of individual mice was qua...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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The Royal Society
2021-02-01
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Series: | Royal Society Open Science |
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Online Access: | https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.201985 |