scholarly journals Social Regulation of Male Reproductive Plasticity in an African Cichlid Fish

2013 ◽  
Vol 53 (6) ◽  
pp. 938-950 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. P. Maruska ◽  
R. D. Fernald
Keyword(s):  
Cichlid Fish ◽  
Social Regulation ◽  
African Cichlid ◽  
Reproductive Plasticity

Social Regulation of Gene Expression in the African Cichlid Fish

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen P. Maruska ◽  
Russell D. Fernald
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
Expression Profiles ◽  
Regulation Of Gene Expression ◽  
Cichlid Fish ◽  
Social Behaviors ◽  
Social Regulation ◽  
Evolutionary Mechanisms ◽  
African Cichlid ◽  
The Brain

How does an animal’s social environment shape its behavior and physiology, and what underlying molecular and genetic mechanisms lead to phenotypic changes? To address this question, the authors used a model system that exhibits socially regulated plastic phenotypes, behavioral complexity, molecular level access, and genomic resources. The African cichlid fishAstatotilapia burtoni, in which male status and reproductive physiology are under social control, has become an important model for studying the mechanisms that regulate complex social behaviors. This chapter reviews what is known about how information from the social environment produces changes in behavior, physiology, and gene expression profiles in the brain and reproductive axis ofA. burtoni. Understanding the mechanisms responsible for translating perception of social cues into molecular change in a model vertebrate is important for identifying selective pressures and evolutionary mechanisms that shape the brain and ultimately result in diverse and complex social behaviors.

scholarly journals The genomic substrate for adaptive radiation in African cichlid fish

Nature ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 513 (7518) ◽  
pp. 375-381 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Brawand ◽  
Catherine E. Wagner ◽  
Yang I. Li ◽  
Milan Malinsky ◽  
Irene Keller ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Adaptive Radiation ◽  
Cichlid Fish ◽  
African Cichlid

How does the taxonomic status of allopatric populations influence species richness within African cichlid fish assemblages?

2003 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin J. Genner ◽  
Ole Seehausen ◽  
Daniel F.R. Cleary ◽  
Mairi E. Knight ◽  
Ellinor Michel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Fish Assemblages ◽  
Cichlid Fish ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
African Cichlid ◽  
Allopatric Populations

scholarly journals Galanin neuron activation in feeding, parental care, and infanticide in a mouthbrooding African cichlid fish

2020 ◽  
Vol 126 ◽  
pp. 104870
Author(s):  
Julie M. Butler ◽  
Erandi M. Herath ◽  
Arohan Rimal ◽  
Sarah M. Whitlow ◽  
Karen P. Maruska
Keyword(s):  
Parental Care ◽  
Cichlid Fish ◽  
African Cichlid ◽  
Neuron Activation

Arginine vasotocin regulates social ascent in the African cichlid fish Astatotilapia burtoni

2015 ◽  
Vol 212 ◽  
pp. 106-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin S. Huffman ◽  
Flora I. Hinz ◽  
Sophie Wojcik ◽  
Nadia Aubin-Horth ◽  
Hans A. Hofmann
Keyword(s):  
Cichlid Fish ◽  
Arginine Vasotocin ◽  
African Cichlid ◽  
Astatotilapia Burtoni
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