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    Genetika. 1991 Nov;27(11):2042-7.

    [Effect of a major gene in inheritance of the cortisol level in the peripheral blood of a domesticable population of foxes (Vulpes vulpes)].

    [Article in Russian]

    Abstract

    Domestication of animals is known to be associated with hereditary changes in the pituitary-adrenal system which regulates most important stages of ontogenesis. Cortisol is one of the basic indices of activity of this system. A segregation analysis of inheritance of cortisol content in blood of domestic silver fox population was undertaken. The results of the analysis point to an effect of a major gene controlling this quantitative trait, and indicate that breeding for domestic behaviour is accompanied by selection of individuals homozygous with respect to recessive genes controlling the cortisol level.

    PMID:
    1802790
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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