Behavioural mating displays depend on mitochondrial function: a potential mechanism for linking behaviour to individual condition.

摘要: Males of many animal species court females using complex behavioural displays that are challenging to produce, and some these have been shown be associated with aspects male quality. However, the mechanisms by which linked individual condition remain uncertain. Herein, we illustrate fundamental mechanistic connections between mitochondrial function neurogenesis, energy production, a variety pathways underlie ability an perform behaviours. We consider biomedical evidence for how activity shapes neurogenesis during development neural in adulthood, both genetics environmental conditions can cause variation wild animals. An individual's phenotype determines not just metabolism available energy, but also appears serve as important driver capacity cognitively other display apply this concept example birdsong, well-studied behaviour known links pathways, describe involvement internal processes creates quality key traits like immunocompetence. By synthesizing intimate mitochondria physiological bases behaviour, aim provide new explanations information may gain assessing displays.