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  • From Me to We: Searching for the Genetic Roots of Sociality

From Me to We: Searching for the Genetic Roots of Sociality

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

7:30–9 p.m.

Presidents Hall, Franklin Hall

Lecturer

2018—Gene Robinson

Swanlund Chair; Director of the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Studies of genes and social behavior, aided by new genomic resources, are coming of age. Here, I highlight three of the insights that have emerged from these studies that shed light on the evolution and mechanisms governing social life: 1) Nature builds diverse social brains from common genetic blocks in insects and vertebrates, including those related to metabolism and transcriptional regulation; 2) Changes in the wiring of gene regulatory networks are involved in the evolution of insect societies; and 3) The social brain is addicted to altruism.

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