Studies on stress and its impacts on animals are very important in many fields of science,
including animal science, because various stresses influence animal production and animal …

How environmental and physiological signals interact to influence neural circuits underlying
developmentally programmed social interactions such as male territorial aggression is …

Some humans thrive whereas others resign when exposed to threatening situations
throughout life. Social support has been identified as an important modulator of these …

Highlights•Sociability can vary greatly between species, populations and even individuals.•
Quantifying the attraction to a shoal is often used to measure sociability.•The mirror test is …

Elucidating the genes that contribute to behavioral variation has become an important
endeavor in behavioral studies. While advances in genomics have narrowed down the list of …

The genetic mechanisms behind aggressive behaviors are important for understanding the
formation of dominance hierarchies, and thus social systems in general. Studies into the …

Abstract Androgens, namely 11-ketotestosterone (11KT), have a central role in male fish
reproductive physiology and are thought to be involved in both aggression and social …

Life-history transitions require major reprogramming at the behavioral and physiological
level. Mating and reproductive maturation are known to trigger changes in gene transcription …