Biology 484 – Ethology Chapter 3 – The Development of Behavior: Genetic and Environmental Factors

Chapter 3 Sanderling growth & behavioral development depend on genes & environment

Honey Bee

3.1 Development of worker behavior in honey bees

3.2 Gene activity varies in the brains of nurse bees and foragers

3.3 Social environment and task specialization by worker honey bees

3.4 Levels of the messenger RNA produced when the for gene is expressed

Konrad Lorenz

3.5 Imprinting in greylag geese

3.6 Cross-fostering has different imprinting effects in two related songbirds

3.7 Spatial learning by chickadees

3.9 Differences within a species in learned behavior

3.10 Nests of Polistes paper wasps contain odors that adhere to the bodies of the wasps

3.13 Different wintering sites of blackcap warblers

3.14 Funnel cage for recording the migratory orientation of captive birds

3.15 Differences in the migratory behavior of two closely related birds

3.16 Why do people differ in their test scores? (Part 1)

3.16 Why do people differ in their test scores? (Part 2)

3.19 Genetic differences cause behavioral differences in fruit fly larvae (Part 1)

3.19 Genetic differences cause behavioral differences in fruit fly larvae (Part 2)

3.17 A single gene affects maternal behavior in laboratory mice

3.18 Social amnesia is related to the loss of a single gene

3.20 A coastal Californian garter snake about to consume a banana slug

3.21 Response of newborn, naive garter snakes to slug cubes

3.22 A tongue-flicking newborn garter snake senses odors from a cotton swab

3.23 Density effects on the foraging behavior of fruit fly larvae

3.24 Response to artificial selection on nest-building behavior by mice

3.26 Dogs are especially sensitive to signals from human beings

3.27 Surrogate mothers used in social deprivation experiments

3.28 Socially isolated rhesus infants

3.29 Developmental homeostasis in humans (Part 1)

3.29 Developmental homeostasis in humans (Part 2)

3.30 Facial symmetry and attractiveness

David Clark – Alma College

3.31 Testing mate choice in a female wolf spider

3.32 Developmental switch mechanisms can produce polyphenisms within the same species

3.34 Activity of the gene that codes for gonadotropin-releasing hormone in Haplochromis burtoni

3.38 Sex differences in spatial learning ability are linked to home range size

3.39 A virtual maze used for computer-based studies of navigational skills

3.40 Sex differences in the hippocampus

3.41 Operant conditioning exhibited by a rat in a Skinner box

3.42 Biased learning

3.43 Biases in taste aversion learning

3.44 Vampire bats cannot form learned taste aversions