The molecular basis of social behavior: Models, methods and advances

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-10

  LeBoeuf, Adria C ^a   Benton, Richard ^a   Keller, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOSYNTHESIS; DEGRADATION; DNA MODIFICATION; EPIGENETICS; FOOD PREFERENCE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HONEYBEE; INSECT GENETICS; LIFESPAN; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; GENOMICS; INSECTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84872858771     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2012.08.008     Document Type: Review

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