<p>The study of animal play has grown popular in recent years and its occurrence in diverse taxa documented. Two recent papers describe detailed experimental research on play in <i>Drosophila</i> and the effects of domestication on play in red junglefowl and domestic chickens, furthering the need to understand the role of play in behavioral evolution throughout the animal kingdom.</p>

错误:搜索内容不能为空,请输入英文关键词
错误:关键词超出字数限制,请精简
高级检索

Play in fowl and flies: The renaissance continues

  • Gordon M. Burghardt

摘要

The study of animal play has grown popular in recent years and its occurrence in diverse taxa documented. Two recent papers describe detailed experimental research on play in Drosophila and the effects of domestication on play in red junglefowl and domestic chickens, furthering the need to understand the role of play in behavioral evolution throughout the animal kingdom.