ReviewThe Journal of experimental biology2020
Studying convergent evolution to relate genotype to behavioral phenotype.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The evolutionary trajectory of drosophilid walking.Current biology : CB · 2022Pooled it
- Building neuroanatomical resources for three-spined sticklebacks: Brain areas important for social behavior.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Repeated behavioural evolution is associated with convergence of gene expression in cavity-nesting songbirds.Nature ecology & evolution · 2025Article
- A chromosome-level genome of electric catfish (Marine life science & technology · 2024Article
- Genome assembly of the foot-flagging frog, Staurois parvus: a resource for understanding mechanisms of behavior.G3 (Bethesda, Md.) · 2023Article
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- Towards an integrative approach to understanding collective behaviour in caterpillars.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2023Review
- Divergent cis-regulatory evolution underlies the convergent loss of sodium channel expression in electric fish.Science advances · 2022Article
- Back to the basics? Transcriptomics offers integrative insights into the role of space, time and the environment for gene expression and behaviour.Biology letters · 2021Article
- Meta-analysis: Congruence of genomic and phenotypic differentiation across diverse natural study systems.Evolutionary applications · 2021Article
- Minimally invasive brain injections for viral-mediated transgenesis: New tools for behavioral genetics in sticklebacks.PloS one · 2021Article
- Frank Beach Award Winner: Lessons from poison frogs on ecological drivers of behavioral diversification.Hormones and behavior · 2020Review
- Signal Diversification Is Associated with Corollary Discharge Evolution in Weakly Electric Fish.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2020Article
- Oxytocin, vasopressin and social behavior in the age of genome editing: A comparative perspective.Hormones and behavior · 2020Article
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Abstract
Neuroscience has a long, rich history in embracing unusual animals for research. Over the past several decades, there has been a technology-driven bottleneck in the species used for neuroscience research. However, an oncoming wave of technologies applicable to many animals hold promise for enabling researchers to address challenging scientific questions that cannot be solved using traditional laboratory animals. Here, we discuss how leveraging the convergent evolution of physiological or behavioral phenotypes can empower research mapping genotype to phenotype interactions. We present two case studies using electric fish and poison frogs and discuss how comparative work can teach us about evolutionary constraint and flexibility at various levels of biological organization. We also offer advice on the potential and pitfalls of establishing novel model systems in neuroscience research. Finally, we end with a discussion on the use of charismatic animals in neuroscience research and their utility in public outreach. Overall, we argue that convergent evolution frameworks can help identify generalizable principles of neuroscience.
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