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- Title
BEHAVIOURAL GENETICS: A question of grooming.
- Authors
Patterson, Mark
- Abstract
Discusses research on the excessive grooming behavior of mice with null mutations in the homeobox gene Hoxb8, potentially providing researchers with a valuable model for studying abnormal grooming behavior in humans, with reference to a study led by J. M. Greer and M. R. Capecchi, which appeared in the 2002 issue of "Neuron." Defective grooming in humans; Details of how the researchers constructed a null mutation in Hoxb8; Levels of expression of Hoxb8 in several parts of the brain that had been previously implicated in grooming behavior in several mammals.
- Subjects
HOMEOBOX genes; GENES; GROOMING behavior in animals; ANIMAL behavior; PERSONAL beauty; MAMMALS
- Publication
Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2002, Vol 3, Issue 2, p87
- ISSN
1471-003X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/nrn744