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

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

J Roman Arguello  1 , Richard Benton  2
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Open questions: Tackling Darwin's "instincts": the genetic basis of behavioral evolution

J Roman Arguello et al. BMC Biol. .

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.

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Evolving behaviors. Examples of genetically defined behaviors that differ between closely related species. Top: Differences in the use of wing “rowing” in the male courtship routine of drosophilid species, illustrated by chronophotography [17]. Bottom: Differences in burrow construction between Peromyscus deer mice species [10] (image credit: Brant Peterson and Hopi Hoekstra)
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