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ArticleeNeuro

Of Mice and Men: Empirical Support for the Population-Based Social Epistasis Amplification Model (a Comment on ).

Matthew Alexandar Sarraf, Michael Anthony Woodley Of Menie

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Article in eNeuro. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Matthew Alexandar SarrafUniversity of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627.
Michael Anthony Woodley Of MenieCenter Leo Apostel for Interdisciplinary Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels B-1160, Belgium.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This commentary article offers new perspective on recent research investigating the behavioral and social ecological effects of a mutation related to autism spectrum disorders in mice. The authors explain the consistency of this research on mice with predictions advanced by a theory of the role of mutations in altering interorganismal gene-gene interactions (social epistasis) in social species including humans, known as the social epistasis amplification model. The potential significance of the mouse research for understanding contemporary human behavioral trends is explored.

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Epistasis, GeneticSelection, GeneticCell Adhesion Molecules, NeuronalFemaleHumansMaleMembrane ProteinsModels, GeneticMutationNerve Tissue ProteinsCell Adhesion Molecules, NeuronalMembrane ProteinsNerve Tissue Proteinsneuroligin 3depressionfitnessgroup selectionmutation accumulationsocial epistasissocial hierarchy

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PMID28920075
PMCPMC5599588

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