Browsing Faculty of Arts and Sciences by Keyword "aggression"

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    • Energetic Costs of Reproductive Effort in Male Chimpanzees 

      Georgiev, Alexander (2012-09-14)
      Male reproductive success in many mammals depends on their ability to allocate sufficient energetic resources to mating competition. Such costs are particularly pronounced in species with high levels of sexual body dimorphism, ...

    • Evaluation of the Serotonergic Genes htr1A, htr1B, htr2A, and slc6A4 in Aggressive Behavior of Golden Retriever Dogs 

      van den Berg, L.; Vos-Loohuis, M.; Schilder, M. B. H.; van Oost, B. A.; Hazewinkel, H. A. W.; Wade, C. M.; Karlsson, Elinor Kathryn; Lindblad-Toh, K.; Liinamo, A. E.; Leegwater, P. A. J. (Springer US, 2007)
      Aggressive behavior displays a high heritability in our study group of Golden Retriever dogs. Alterations in brain serotonin metabolism have been described in aggressive dogs before. Here, we evaluate whether four genes ...

    • Raiders from the sky: slavemaker founding queens select for aggressive host colonies 

      Pamminger, T.; Modlmeier, A. P.; Suette, S.; Pennings, P; Foitzik, S. (The Royal Society, 2012)
      Reciprocal selection pressures in host-parasite systems drive coevolutionary arms races that lead to advanced adaptations in both opponents. In the interactions between social parasites and their hosts, aggression is one ...