Date: July 17, 2018
Source: Cell Press
For some animals -- such as
beetles, ants, toads, and primates -- short-term social isolation can be just
as vital as social interaction to development and long-term evolution. In a
review published July 17 in the journal Trends in Ecology & Evolution,
two evolutionary biologists describe approaches for testing how an animal's
isolation might impact natural selection and evolution. This framework can help
design more effective breeding, reintroduction, and conservation strategies.
Research on evolution typically
focuses on the importance of social interactions, including parent-offspring
bonding, competition for resources, and courtship and mating rituals. But
Nathan Bailey at the University of St Andrews in Scotland and his colleague
Allen Moore at the University of Georgia realized that isolation must then be
an extreme condition worthy of equal attention.
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment
You only need to enter your comment once! Comments will appear once they have been moderated. This is so as to stop the would-be comedian who has been spamming the comments here with inane and often offensive remarks. You know who you are!