?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Placentophagia+in+Nonpregnant+Nulliparous+Mice%3A+A+Genetic+Investigation&rft.creator=Kristal%2C+Dr.+Mark+B.&rft.creator=Eleftheriou%2C+Basil+E.&rft.subject=Behavioral+Biology&rft.subject=Psychobiology&rft.subject=Animal+Behavior&rft.subject=Comparative+Psychology&rft.description=The+genetic+influence+on+the+response+of+nonpregnant+nulliparous+mice+to+foster+placenta+was+investigated.+Two+highly+inbred+strains+(BALB%2FcBy+and+C57BL%2F6By)%2C+their+F1+hybrids%2C+a+backcross+generation%2C+and+seven+recombinant-inbred+strains+derived+from+the+F2+generation+were+tested.+It+was+concluded+that+there+is+a+genetic+component+to+the+response+of+female+mice+to+placenta+in+the+absence+of+previous+experience%2C+and+that+more+than+one%2C+but+possibly+as+few+as+two+loci+are+involved.+Alternative+explanations+of+average+dominance+for+placentophagia+and+for+no+placentophagia+(by+the+promotion+of+competing+responses)+were+considered.&rft.publisher=Academic+Press&rft.date=1975&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6247%2F1%2Fgenetic.pdf&rft.identifier=++Kristal%2C+Dr.+Mark+B.+and+Eleftheriou%2C+Basil+E.++(1975)+Placentophagia+in+Nonpregnant+Nulliparous+Mice%3A+A+Genetic+Investigation.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6247%2F