Different species share a 'genetic toolkit' for behavioral traits, study finds
Monday, December 1, 2014 - 15:20
in Biology & Nature
The house mouse, stickleback fish and honey bee appear to have little in common, but at the genetic level these creatures respond in strikingly similar ways to danger, researchers report. When any of these animals confronts an intruder, the researchers found, many of the same genes and brain gene networks gear up or down in response.