'Social competence'refers to the ability of an individual to optimise its social behaviour
depending on available social information. Although such ability will enhance social …

What genes and regulatory sequences contribute to the organization and functioning of
neural circuits and molecular pathways in the brain that support social behavior? How does …

Throughout their lives animals must complete many tasks, including finding food, avoiding
predators, attracting mates, and navigating through a complex and dynamic environment …

Phenotypic plasticity is the development of different phenotypes from a single genotype,
depending on the environment. Such plasticity is a pervasive feature of life, is observed for …

Tremendous progress has been made in our understanding of the ultimate and proximate
mechanisms underlying social behavior, yet an integrative evolutionary analysis of its …

Social interactions are central to most animals and have a fundamental impact upon the
phenotype of an individual. Social behavior (social interactions among conspecifics) …

Certain complex phenotypes appear repeatedly across diverse species due to processes of
evolutionary conservation and convergence. In some contexts like developmental body …

Neuronal networks are the standard heuristic model today for describing brain activity
associated with animal behavior. Recent studies have revealed an extensive role for a …

Research on the adaptive nature of animal personality is blooming. We detail here the
common practice of conducting such studies in the laboratory, inherent shortcomings of this …

A survey of empirical studies relating mating and parental investment reveals as many
unpredicted patterns as results supporting existing hypotheses. This leaves us with …