No Such Thing As A 'Born Leader,' Study In Fish Finds

Saturday, January 31, 2009 - 03:35 in Biology & Nature

Followers are just as important to good leadership as are the leaders themselves, reveals a new study of stickleback fish. By randomly pairing fish of varying degrees of "boldness," the researchers showed that each member of a pair adopts the role of leader or follower. More importantly, they found, the behavior of each member of the pair is strongly influenced by its partner.

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