Assessing the Association Between Animal Color and Behavior: A Meta-Analysis of Experimental Studies.

ABSTRACT: Color varies in pattern and degree across the tree of life. In animals, genetic variation in color is hypothesized to have pleiotropic effects on a variety of behaviors due to shared dependence on underlying biochemical pathways. Such pleiotropy can constrain the independent evolution of color and behavior. Although associations between color and behavior have been reported, this relationship has not yet been addressed across a broad taxonomic scale with a formal meta-analysis. We used a phylogenetic meta-analytic approach to examine the relationship between individual variation in aggressive behavior and variation in multiple colors. Seventy-four studies met our inclusion criteria (vertebrates = 70; invertebrates = 4). After accounting for phylogeny and correcting for publication bias, th

SUBMITTER: Ruckman SN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11617328 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature