Integrative Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, 439 Morrill Hall, 505 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
Curr Biol. 2013 Oct 7;23(19):R873-5. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.08.022.
Some individual fish like to be close together in 'schools', while other individuals like to be alone. A pair of recent papers dissects the genetic basis of schooling behavior, showing that genetic changes in sensory systems are involved when this social behavior is lost during evolution.
有些鱼喜欢成群结队地“洄游”,而有些鱼则喜欢独来独往。最近的两篇论文剖析了群居行为的遗传基础,研究表明,当这种社会行为在进化过程中消失时,感觉系统的遗传变化就会涉及其中。