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Wild genius - domestic fool? Spatial learning abilities of wild and domestic guinea pigs

BACKGROUND: Domestic animals and their wild relatives differ in a wide variety of aspects. The process of domestication of the domestic guinea pig (Cavia aperea f. porcellus), starting at least 4500 years ago, led to changes in the anatomy, physiology, and behaviour compared with their wild relative...

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Autores principales: Lewejohann, Lars, Pickel, Thorsten, Sachser, Norbert, Kaiser, Sylvia
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2859863/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20334697
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-7-9