Article
Neurogenomic landscape associated with status-dependent cooperative behaviour.
Molecular ecology - 1 Aug 2025
Bolton Peri E, Ryder T Brandt, Dakin Roslyn, Houtz Jennifer L, Moore Ignacio T, Balakrishnan Christopher N, Horton Brent M
Abstract excerpt
The neurogenomic mechanisms mediating male-male reproductive cooperative behaviours remain unknown. We leveraged extensive transcriptomic and behavioural data on a neotropical bird species (Pipra filicauda) that performs cooperative courtship displays to understand these mechanisms. In this species, the cooperative display is modulated by testosterone, which promotes cooperation in non-territorial birds, but...
Topics
- Animals
- Male
- Sexual Behavior, Animal
- Testosterone
- Cooperative Behavior
- Transcriptome
- Social Behavior
- Brain
- Phenotype
- Passeriformes
- Female