Differential Gene Expression Correlates with Behavioural Polymorphism during Collective Behaviour in Cockroaches.

ABSTRACT: Consistent inter-individual variation in the propensity to perform different tasks (animal personality) can contribute significantly to the success of group-living organisms. The distribution of different personalities in a group influences collective actions and therefore how these organisms interact with their environment. However, we have little understanding of the proximate mechanisms underlying animal personality in animal groups, and research on this theme has often been biased towards organisms with advanced social systems. The goal of this study is to investigate the mechanistic basis for personality variation during collective behaviour in a species with rudimentary societies: the American cockroach. We thus use an approach which combines experimental classification of individual

SUBMITTER: Planas-Sitja I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9495117 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature