Behaviour of house mice artificially selected for high levels of voluntary wheel running
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Wheel running is genetically an independent trait in house mice, Mus domesticus, according to research into the correlated evolution of behavioural and morphophysiological traits in response to selection for increased locomotor activity. Selection for increased wheel running did not produce mice that were, overall, more or less active. Mice from the selected lines increased the distance travelled mainly by raising their average running speed, rather than the time spent running in wheels.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1999
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To split behaviour into bouts, log-transform the intervals
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A method that models the frequency distribution of log-transformed lengths of intervals between behaviour displayed in bouts has indicated that the log-transformed lengths of intervals between feeding events in 38 cows were distributed as two Gaussians. Log-normal models have made it possible to identify meaningful individual meal criteria for dairy cows. These models may have applications for other animals and for other experimental conditions.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1999
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