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Two inbred strains of mice were opposed in measures of tube-dominance, food-dominance, and aggression, using matched pairs of individual opponents. There were stable strain differences on all three measures, and Ss within strains were highly similar to each other in performance. Results on the food-dominance and aggression measures were concordant, while performance on the tube-dominance test was negatively related to the other two measures.
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1. Supported by Research Grant M-3536 from the National Institute of Mental Health, United States Public Health Service, and a grant from the Ford Foundation.
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Lindzey, G., Manosevitz, M. & Winston, H. Social dominance in the mouse. Psychon Sci 5, 451–452 (1966). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03331044
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