Abstract
This chapter presents some of the methods in experimental evolution that can be used to study the evolution of behavior, illustrating how these can be applied toward understanding the origin and mechanisms of behavioral diversity. One method is artificial selection, a powerful tool used to explore the question of how behavior evolves; another is mass selection, which relies on an experimental setup that sorts individuals into groups depending on a particular behavior. An alternative approach for identifying mechanisms of behavioral evolution is to use experimental methods to explore genetics and physiology of real behavioral shifts that occurred among populations or species in nature. The chapter describes how laboratory experimental tools, such as genetic engineering and pharmacology, were used to discover the evolution of mating systems in voles.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Experimental Evolution |
| Subtitle of host publication | Concepts, Methods, and Applications of Selection Experiments |
| Editors | Theodore Garland, Michael R Rose |
| Publisher | University of California Press |
| Pages | 263-300 |
| Number of pages | 38 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780520944473 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780520261808, 9780520247666 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 3 2009 |
Keywords
- experimental evolution
- pharmacology
- genetic engineering
- genetics
- behavioral evolution
- mass selection
- artificial selection
- behavioral diversity
- behavior
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)