Institute Colloquium: The evolving social network of Drosophila
Date
Monday, January 16, 2012 16:30 - 17:30
Speaker
Richard Benton (University of Lausanne)
Location
Raiffeisen Lecture Hall, Central Building
Series
Colloquium
Tags
Institute Colloquium
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All animals possess a dynamic social network of other organisms, encompassing kin and mates, competitors and collaborators, predators, prey, and pathogens. Many of these relationships are controlled by chemical signals, which provide an expansive and versatile language of communication. I will present my groups studies on the genetic and neural basis of olfactory-mediated social behaviors in Drosophila, and how and why these may have evolved.