Center for Behavior and Neurosciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2013 Feb;23(1):17-23. doi: 10.1016/j.conb.2012.08.009. Epub 2012 Sep 23.
The inability to discriminate friend from foe or the 'one' among many potential mates can have immediate life-threatening consequences or a long-term evolutionary impact. Successful social interactions depend on the ability to recognize and identify individuals within a social context. Once recognition occurs, a repertoire of behavioral responses becomes available and choices are made as interactions between individuals unfold. The vinegar fly, Drosophila melanogaster, displays a wide range of social activities and patterns of social interaction. If a male fly is unable to recognize other males or distinguish them from females, he may attempt to court both males and females alike, wasting energy and reducing his fitness. We review recent studies on the mechanisms of social recognition in this organism that pertain to both sides of an interaction: the generation of signals by one individual and the receiving and processing of these signals by others.
无法辨别朋友和敌人，或者无法在众多潜在伴侣中识别出“那个唯一”，可能会带来直接的危及生命的后果，或者对长期的进化产生影响。成功的社交互动取决于在社交环境中识别和识别个体的能力。一旦识别发生，就会出现一系列行为反应，并且随着个体之间的互动展开，就会做出选择。醋蝇，黑腹果蝇，表现出广泛的社交活动和社交互动模式。如果一只雄性果蝇无法识别其他雄性或区分它们与雌性，它可能会试图向雄性和雌性求爱，浪费能量并降低其适应性。我们回顾了最近关于该生物社交识别机制的研究，这些机制涉及到互动的两个方面：一个个体发出信号，以及其他个体接收和处理这些信号。
