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1 online resource |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Introduction: a furry, one-ounce human? -- Containing complexities in the animal behavior genetics laboratory -- Animal behavior genetics, the past and the future -- Building epistemic scaffolds for modeling work -- Epistemic by-products: learning about environments while studying genetics -- Understanding binge drinking -- Leaving the laboratory -- Conclusion: an expanded vocabulary for the laboratory. |
| Summary |
Mice are used as model organisms across a wide range of fields in science today-but it is far from obvious how studying a mouse in a maze can help us understand human problems like alcoholism or anxiety. How do scientists convince funders, fellow scientists, the general public, and even themselves that animal experiments are a good way of producing knowledge about the genetics of human behavior? Nicole C. Nelson takes us inside an animal behavior genetics laboratory to examine how scientists create and manage the foundational knowledge of their field. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Behavior genetics -- Research.
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Animal models in research.
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Mental illness -- Animal models.
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Mice as laboratory animals.
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Behavior genetics -- Methodology.
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Behavior genetics.
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Laboratory animals.
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Diseases -- Animal models.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General. |
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MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine. |
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MEDICAL -- Diseases. |
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MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine. |
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MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine. |
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Laboratory animals |
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Diseases -- Animal models |
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Behavior genetics |
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Animal models in research |
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Behavior genetics -- Research |
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Mental illness -- Animal models |
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Mice as laboratory animals |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Nelson, Nicole C. Model behavior. Chicago, IL ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2018 9780226545929 (DLC) 2017035137 (OCoLC)995806150 |
| ISBN |
9780226546117 (electronic book) |
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022654611X (electronic book) |
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9780226545929 |
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022654592X |
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9780226546087 |
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022654608X |
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