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Two experiments involving three generations each of Long-Evans rats are reported. Correlation coefficients (Pearson rs) were calculated among animals having varying degrees of biological kinship, using indices of relative alcohol consumption as data points. No evidence of a relationship between similarity of relative alcohol consumption and closeness of biological kinship was observed.
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This study represents a portion of the effort undertaken under USPHS Grant MH 11063-04 and MH 11063-05.
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Senter, R.J., Persensky, J.J., Lewin, S. et al. A correlational study of alcohol consumption and kinship among rats. Psychon Sci 23, 229–231 (1971). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03336089
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