Open questions: Tackling Darwin's "instincts": the genetic basis of behavioral evolution

BMC Biol. 2017 Apr 3;15(1):26. doi: 10.1186/s12915-017-0369-3.

Authors

J Roman Arguello¹, Richard Benton²

Affiliations

¹ Center for Integrative Genomics, Génopode Building, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.
² Center for Integrative Genomics, Génopode Building, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland. Richard.Benton@unil.ch.

Abstract

All of us have marveled at the remarkable diversity of animal behaviors in nature.None of us has much idea of how these have evolved.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Behavior*
Behavior, Animal
Biological Evolution*
Genetic Phenomena*
Instinct*
Neurobiology
Selection, Genetic