Preference and affiliation refines the neurotranscriptome pathway for mate preference

Mate choice decisions and behavior contribute to long-term evolutionary outcomes. Understanding the genetic architecture encapsulating mate choice is an important metric in identifying the drivers and variability in those decisions. To address this question, female sailfin mollies (Poecilia latipinna) in 2 groups (exposed to two male models or two female models) underwent a social behavioral assay (30 minutes in total) in which two social-choice behaviors (preference and social affiliation) were measured. To capture the genes underlying these decisions, the brains of each female were sequenced (Illumina RNA-seq) directly following the behavioral assay.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior

Grantor

The University of Texas at Austin

Year dc:date.issued

2022

Author dc:creator

• Price, Sarah Marie, M.A.

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Cummings, Molly E.
• Zakon, Harold

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Hofmann, Hans
• Fonken, Laura
• Young, Rebecca

• Mate preference
• Social affiliation
• Transcriptome
• RNA-seq
• Behavior

Language dc:language.iso

en

Identifier URI

http://dx.doi.org/10.26153/tsw/42456

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repositories.lib.utexas.edu:2152/115558