Natriuretic peptides are a family of three structurally related hormone/paracrine factors. Atrial
natriuretic peptide (ANP) and B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) are secreted from the cardiac …

(Invited Article) Abstract Sexual size dimorphism (SSD) is widespread and variable among
animals. According to the differential equilibrium model, SSD in a given species is expected …

Although many studies provide examples of evolutionary processes such as adaptive
evolution, balancing selection, deleterious variation and genetic drift, the relative importance …

Genes are understandably crucial to physiology, morphology and biochemistry, but the idea
of genes contributing to individual differences in behaviour once seemed outrageous …

Naturally occuring polymorphisms in behavior are difficult to map genetically and thus are
refractory to molecular characterization. An exception is the foraging gene (for), a gene that …

Boredom is functional. Simplistically, it operates as a signal to do something other than what
you are doing now. But it is more nuanced than that. Animals must strike a balance between …

Deciphering the genetic and neurobiological underpinnings of social behavior is a difficult
task. Simple model organisms such as C. elegans, Drosophila, and social insects display a …

Locomotor activity of single, freely walking flies in small tubes is analyzed in the time domain
of several hours. To assess the influence of the mushroom bodies on walking activity, three …

One of the rare examples of a single major gene underlying a naturally occurring behavioral
polymorphism is the foraging locus of Drosophila melanogaster. Larvae with the rover allele …

Accounting for the abundance of genetic variation in the face of natural selection remains a
central problem of evolutionary biology,. Genetic polymorphisms are constantly arising …