From Genes to Animal Behavior

by Inoue-Murayama, Miho; Kawamura, Shoji; Weiss, Alexander

• ISBN13: 9784431538912
• ISBN10: 4431538917
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-03-31
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

The biological and genetic bases of behavioral diversity have long been topics of study within many disciplines, including evolutionary biology, genetics, ethology, sociobiology, and comparative psychology, but only relatively recently have attempts been made to bring these different approaches together. This volume covers a wide range of interdisciplinary research which uses some of the newest and most promising methods and technologies. Presented here is an overview of findings in the ongoing search for the ultimate causes of behavior in several different species, including primates, dogs, rodents, birds, and fish. Divided into five parts, the work describes research on sexual and kin selection, personality and temperament, molecular genetics of personality, color vision and body coloration, and the neurological underpinnings of complex behaviors. Valuable for researchers as well as graduate students in a wide range of fields from neuroscience to ecology, the book is also useful to those seeking to move beyond the boundaries of their own discipline and to expand their knowledge.

Table of Contents

Sexual and Kin Selection in Animals
Female Mate Choice in Rodents	p. 3
Extra-Pair Paternity and Sexual Selection	p. 35
Male Reproductive Skew and Paternal Kin-Biased Behavior in Primates	p. 67
Social Structures and Conflict Resolution in Primitively Eusocial Polistes Wasps	p. 83
Evolutionary Bases and Practical Implications of Animal Personality and Temperament
How to Measure Animal Personality and Why Does It Matter? Integrating the Psychological and Biological Approaches to Animal Personality	p. 115
Evolutionary Genetics of Personality in Nonhuman Primates	p. 137
Toward a Basis for the Phenotypic Gambit: Advances in the Evolutionary Genetics of Animal Personality	p. 165
Applications of Personality to the Management and Conservation of Nonhuman Animals	p. 185
Developing and Validating Measures of Temperament in Livestock	p. 201
Molecular Genetic Bases of Personality and Temperament
Genetic Variants of the Dopaminergic System in Humans and Model Organisms	p. 227
Molecular Behavioral Research in Great Apes	p. 239
ôGenetics and the Social Behavior of the Dogö Revisited: Searching for Genes Relating to Personality in Dogs	p. 255
Personality-Associated Genetic Variation in Birds and Its Possible Significance for Avian Evolution, Conservation, and Welfare	p. 275
Evolution of Coloration and Visual Opsin Genes in Vertebrates
Evolutionary Genetics of Coloration in Primates and Other Vertebrates	p. 297
Speciation of Cichlid Fishes by Sensory Drive	p. 311
Evolutionary Diversification of Visual Opsin Genes in Fish and Primates	p. 329
Chemical and Neural Probes for Studying Social Behaviors
Effect of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals on the Development of Macaque Socialization	p. 353
Functional Association Between the Brain and Physiological Responses Accompanying Negative and Positive Emotions and Its Regulation by Genetic Factors	p. 367
Molecular Brain Imaging of Personality Traits in Nonhuman Primates: A Study of the Common Marmoset	p. 389
Index	p. 407
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