For the behavioral analyses, we used workers from one HBC colony with a mean ovariole count near the mid-parent value because pollen-hoarding behavior and the behavioral traits associated with the syndrome have been shown repeatedly to demonstrate directional dominance toward the low pollen hoarding traits [9], [14], [16], [17].
Given the ubiquitous nature of RS in the brain, the finding that RS is diminished, or even abolished, in those with high autistic traits raises the possibility that differences in the basic neural mechanisms supporting RS might underpin core behavioral traits associated with autism, such as rigid and repetitive patterns of behavior and an insistence on sameness.
The behavioral traits associated with testosterone are largely the cliche-ridden ones you might expect.
However, understanding how these genetic deletions result in behavioral traits associated with each disorder is lacking.
Behavioral traits associated with dispersal include aggression (e.g. Duckworth and Badyaev, 2007), exploration (e.g. Dingemanse et al., 2003), and sociability with asocial individuals dispersing further (e.g. Cote et al., 2010).
Sequence for the T. biloba doublesex ortholog as well as several transcripts associated with mating and courtship in Drosophila were also recovered which aids investigation of the sepsid sex allocation pathway and the genetic mechanisms behind behavioral traits associated with the sepsid novel appendage.
Most of the studies have focused on the cellular, physiological, morphological, behavioral, and reproductive phenotypic traits associated with new genes [ 1, 5- 7].
Traits studied in these papers are varied and include components of fitness, aspects of efficacy of control, characters associated with consumer/resource interactions, as well as behavioral and life history traits associated with environmental factors and climate.
