During the first portion of BIOL 1404 I have chosen to examine social behaviors as an example of a genetically controlled trait that can be influence by natural selection. In reality, we don't understand the mechanisms by which genes influence behavior, but we know that it must be quite complicated.
However, we are learning more about this topic all of the time. A recent issue of Science (the most prestigious science publication in the United States) published on November 7, 2008 contained a Special Section entitled "From Genes to Social Behavior". This section reviews some of the recent work on this field and includes articles such as "Parsing the Genetics of Behavior", "Genes and Social Behavior", Oxytocin, Vasopressin, and the Neurogenetics of Sociality, and "Wired for Sex: The Neurobiology of Drosophila Mating Decisions". If you are interested in learning more about this topic, then these articles would be a great place to start.
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