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
https://evolution.berkeley.edu/dna-and-mutations/
A series of webpages covering how DNA is the molecular basis of evolution and the role of mutations in evolution. Webpages are part of the Understanding Evolution website from UC Museum of Paleontology.
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
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
Short news article from the UC Museum of Paleontology about Neanderthal genes and how they impact a person’s risk of COVID-19. Article updated July 2022.
Course content area – Human Behavior & Evolution
Course – Evolution & Behavior (100 level)
CUNY College – Hunter College
