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Grooming

Known as: Groomings, groom 
An animal's cleaning and caring for the body surface. This includes preening, the cleaning and oiling of feathers with the bill or of hair with the… 
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
The use of proactive in-water grooming to improve the performance of ship hull antifouling coatings
The US Navy operates a large number of ships, however, unlike most commercial vessels they typically spend long periods of time… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Grooming reciprocation among female primates: a meta-analysis
The theory of reciprocal altruism offers an explanation for the evolution of altruistic behaviours among unrelated animals. Among… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Cortico-striatal synaptic defects and OCD-like behaviours in Sapap3-mutant mice
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an anxiety-spectrum disorder characterized by persistent intrusive thoughts (obsessions… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
‘Setting ’Em Up’: Personal, Familial and Institutional Grooming in the Sexual Abuse of Children
The term ‘grooming’ has been used to describe the offender’s actions during the preparatory stage of sexual abuse. This article… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Oxytocin receptors in the nucleus accumbens facilitate “spontaneous” maternal behavior in adult female prairie voles
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
The evolution of parasite-defence grooming in ungulates
Grooming repertoires are exhibited by all terrestrial mammals, and removal of ectoparasites is an important ances- tral and… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Behaviour-based modelling of hexapod locomotion: linking biology and technical application.
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Hoxb8 Is Required for Normal Grooming Behavior in Mice
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
A detailed ethological analysis of the mouse open field test: effects of diazepam, chlordiazepoxide and an extremely low frequency pulsed magnetic field
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
SOME ASPECTS OF PARENT-OFFSPRING AND SIBLING RELATIONS IN A GROUP OF RHESUS MONKEYS, WITH A DISCUSSION OF GROOMING.
  • D. Sade
  • American Journal of Physical Anthropology
  • 1965
  • Corpus ID: 20430634
Observations of a group of rhesus monkeys living on Cayo Santiago, Puerto Rico show (1) that a rhesus female and her offspring… 
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