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A System for Tracking the Dynamics of Social Preference Behavior in Small Rodents
Published on: November 21, 2019
From phenotype to genotype: the precursor hypothesis predicts genetic influences that facilitate transitions in
Allen J Moore1, Kyle M Benowitz2
1Department of Entomology, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.
Abstract:
Parental care is expected to be one of the key evolutionary precursors to advanced social behavior. This suggests that there could be common genetic underpinnings to both parental care and sociality. However, little is known of the genetics underlying care. Here, we suggest that ethological predictions of behavioral precursors to care along with a genetic toolkit for behavior provide testable hypotheses and a defined approach to investigating genetics of sociality. We call this the 'precursor hypothesis'.
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