Animal Behavior Teaching ResourcesLink: https://youtu.be/Xjq5eEslJhw?si=nPmKqvfbeA8VhmWZ
Clip from NOVA special explaining epigenetics.
Course content area – Explaining behavior/Tinbergen’s 4 questions
Course – Evolution & Behavior (100 level)
Campus – Hunter College
Link to open access version – https://med.fsu.edu/sites/default/files/news-publications/print/Gene%20switches%20make%20prairie%20voles%20fall%20in%20love%2C%20Nature.pdf
CUNY Library Permalink https://cuny-hc.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CUNY_HC/9p6vcd/cdi_crossref_primary_10_1038_nature_2013_13112
Cormier, Z. (2013). Gene switches make prairie voles fall in love. Nature (London) https://doi-org.proxy.wexler.hunter.cuny.edu/10.1038/nature.2013.13112
Nature News article by Zoe Cormier describes a study by Wang et al.(2013 – reference below) who found evidence that mating behavior activates epigenetic changes in the brain which then affects behavior.
Assigned as a pre-class article for a class on Tinbergen’s 4 questions.
Course content area – Explaining Behavior – Tinbergen’s 4 Questions
Course – Evolution & Behavior (100 level)
Campus – Hunter College
Wang, H., Duclot, F., & Liu, Y. et al. (2013). Histone deacetylase inhibitors facilitate partner preference formation in female prairie voles. Nat Neurosci 16, 919–924 . https://doi-org.ezproxy.gc.cuny.edu/10.1038/nn.3420
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/genes/fate-nf.html
NOVA article (PBS) by Nipam Patel covers the role of gene switches in evolution including Hox genes.
Assigned as a pre-class reading for a class on Raw Material – DNA, genes, variation, inheritance, epigenetics
Course content area – Raw Material – DNA, genes, variation, inheritance, epigenetics
Course – Evolution & Behavior (100 level)
Campus – Hunter College
Segment 3.9 Genes and Behavior from a Biopsychology open textbook.
Course content area – Raw Material – DNA, genes, variation, inheritance, epigenetics
Course – Evolution & Behavior (100 level)
CUNY College – Hunter College
