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In ethology, agonistic behaviour is any social behaviour related to fighting, such as aggressive or submissive behaviours. It explicitly includes behaviours such as subordinance, retreat and conciliation which are functionally and physiologically interrelated with aggressive behaviour, yet fall outside the narrow definition of "aggressive behaviour". The term was coined by Scott and Fredericson1 in 1951.
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- ^ Scott JW & Fredericson E (1951) The causes of fighting in mice and rats. Physiological Zoology 24:273-309.
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