Evolution of schooling drives changes in neuroanatomy and motion characteristics across predation contexts in guppies.

ABSTRACT: One of the most spectacular displays of social behavior is the synchronized movements that many animal groups perform to travel, forage and escape from predators. However, elucidating the neural mechanisms underlying the evolution of collective behaviors, as well as their fitness effects, remains challenging. Here, we study collective motion patterns with and without predation threat and predator inspection behavior in guppies experimentally selected for divergence in polarization, an important ecological driver of coordinated movement in fish. We find that groups from artificially selected lines remain more polarized than control groups in the presence of a threat. Neuroanatomical measurements of polarization-selected individuals indicate changes in brain regions previously suggested to b

SUBMITTER: Corral-Lopez A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10533906 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature