Group living animals must be able to express different behavior profiles depending on their
social status. Therefore, the same genotype may translate into different behavioral …

Social living animals need to adjust the expression of their behavior to their status within the
group and to changes in social context and this ability (social plasticity) has an impact on …

Although aggression is more prevalent in males, females also express aggressive behaviors
and in specific ecological contexts females can be more aggressive than males. The aim of …

Aggression is a key component of the behavioral repertoire of animals that impacts on their
Darwinian fitness. The available genetic tools in zebrafish make this species a promising …

Zebrafish are an established model organism in developmental and behavioral
neuroscience, also recently emerging as an excellent model to study social behavior …

Differences in social status are often mediated by agonistic encounters between
competitors. Robust literature has examined social status-dependent brain gene expression …

In a social group, animals make behavioral decisions that fit their social ranks. These
behavioral choices are dependent on the various social cues experienced during social …

Social living animals have to adjust their behavior to rapid changes in the social
environment. It has been hypothesized that the expression of social behavior is better …

Dominance hierarchies are ubiquitous in social species that require social cognition to
maintain. Status may be established initially through physical conflict but is maintained by …

Aggression is a complex behavior that influences social relationships and can be seen as
adaptive or maladaptive depending on the context and intensity of expression. A model …