It may seem like fish and humans have very little in common, but researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center are studying fish behavior to eventually learn why some people are more social than others.
Dr. Anna Greenwood, a research fellow at the Hutch focusing on animal behavior, discovered two parts of the fish genome that determine whether they swim in schools – their desire to school and how well they do it. That’s important, she said, because if researchers can identify the genes that influence fish’s interest in being social they may be closer to understanding how genetics drive human social behavior.
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