RNA-seq of prefrontal cortex samples from 11-week old C57BL6/J and DBA/2J mice housed either with a mouse of the same strain or a mouse of the other strain

This experiment was carried out to determine whether social genetic effects (also called indirect genetic effects) contribute to variation in gene expression. That is to say, are differences in gene expression attributable to genetic differences in cage mates? The block factor refers to the order of mouse sacrificing within each cage.本实验旨在探究社会遗传效应（social genetic effects，又称间接遗传效应indirect genetic effects）是否会对基因表达的变异产生影响。换言之，基因表达的差异是否可归因于笼养同伴的遗传差异？区组因子（block factor）指的是每笼内小鼠的处死顺序。