Animal Behavior & CognitionbioRxiv
Modular genetic control of social status in a cichlid fish
B. A. Alward, V. Laud, C. J. Skalnik…·R. D. Fernald
This study uses CRISPR/Cas9 to show that two androgen receptor paralogs, ARα and ARβ, control distinct aspects of social status in A. burtoni, revealing modular genetic control of social behavior and physiology.
DOI 10.1073/pnas.2008925117