Artificial selection on relative brain size reveals a positive genetic correlation between brain size and proactive personality in the guppy

Evolution

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1139-1149

  Kotrschal, Alexander ^a,b   Lievens, Eva Jp ^b   Dahlbom, Josefin ^b   Bundsen, Andreas ^b   Semenova, Svetlana ^c   Sundvik, Maria ^c   Maklakov, Alexei A ^b   Winberg, Svante ^b   Panula, Pertti ^c   Kolm, Niclas ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brain size; Cognition; Guppy; Personality; Poecilia reticulate

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BRAIN; COGNITION; DISPERSAL; FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; NICHE; SELECTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TELEOST;

ANIMALIA; POECILIA; POECILIA RETICULATA;

HYDROCORTISONE;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; COGNITION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; LOCOMOTION; MENTAL STRESS; PERSONALITY; POECILIA; SECRETION (PROCESS);

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; COGNITION; HYDROCORTISONE; LOCOMOTION; PERSONALITY; POECILIA; SELECTION, GENETIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84898057268     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12341     Document Type: Article

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