Genetic variation in social environment construction influences the development of aggressive behavior in Drosophila melanogaster.

ABSTRACT: Individuals are not merely subject to their social environments; they choose and create them, through a process called social environment (or social niche) construction. When genotypes differ in social environment-constructing behaviors, different genotypes are expected to experience different social environments. As social experience often affects behavioral development, quantitative genetics and psychology theories predict that genetic variation in social environment construction should have an important role in determining phenotypic variation; however, this hypothesis has not been tested directly. I identify multiple mechanisms of social environment construction that differ among natural genotypes of Drosophila melanogaster and investigate their consequences for the development of aggr

SUBMITTER: Saltz JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5345599 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature