TY - JOUR AU - Eusebi, Paulina G. AU - Sevane, Natalia AU - O’Rourke, Thomas AU - Pizarro, Manuel AU - Boeckx, Cedric AU - Dunner, Susana PY - 2021 DA - 2021/04/07 TI - Gene expression profiles underlying aggressive behavior in the prefrontal cortex of cattle JO - BMC Genomics SP - 245 VL - 22 IS - 1 AB - Aggressive behavior is an ancient and conserved trait, habitual for most animals in order to eat, protect themselves, compete for mating and defend their territories. Genetic factors have been shown to play an important role in the development of aggression both in animals and humans, displaying moderate to high heritability estimates. Although such types of behaviors have been studied in different animal models, the molecular architecture of aggressiveness remains poorly understood. This study compared gene expression profiles of 16 prefrontal cortex (PFC) samples from aggressive and non-aggressive cattle breeds: Lidia, selected for agonistic responses, and Wagyu, selected for tameness. SN - 1471-2164 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-021-07505-5 DO - 10.1186/s12864-021-07505-5 ID - Eusebi2021 ER -