World's first ‘behavior transplant’ between species achieved
In a breakthrough study, scientists have transferred a courtship behavior from one species to another, triggering the recipient to perform this completely foreign act as if it was its own. While genes have been swapped between species to influence traits, a totally unknown behavior has never been genetically swapped into a different animal before.
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Tags: Nagoya University, Neuroscience, Evolution, Genetic engineering, neurons, Behavior
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Category: Biology, Science
Tags: Nagoya University, Neuroscience, Evolution, Genetic engineering, neurons, Behavior
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