Association of tameness and sociability but no sign of domestication syndrome in mice selectively bred for active tameness.

ABSTRACT: Domesticated animals have been developed by selecting desirable traits following the initial unconscious selection stage, and now exhibit phenotypes desired by humans. Tameness is a common behavioural trait found in all domesticated animals. At the same time, these domesticated animals exhibit a variety of morphological, behavioural, and physiological traits that differ from their wild counterparts of their ancestral species. These traits are collectively referred to as domestication syndrome. However, whether this phenomenon exists is debatable. Previously, selective breeding has been used to enhance active tameness, a motivation to interact with humans, in wild heterogeneous stock mice derived from eight wild inbred strains. In the current study, we used tame mice to study how selective

SUBMITTER: Venkatachalam B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10876149 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature