?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Natural+Selection+on+Hippocampal+Circuitry+Underlying+Exploratory+Behaviour+in+Mice%3A+Quantitative-Genetic+Analysis&rft.creator=Crusio%2C+Wim+E.&rft.subject=Behavioral+Neuroscience&rft.description=Behaviour+is+an+animal's+way+of+interacting+with+its+environment+and+it+is+therefore+a+prime+target+for+natural+selection.+As+behaviour+is+the+output+of+an+animal's+nervous+system%2C+this+indirectly+leads+to+selection+pressures+on+neuronal+structures.+In+consequence%2C+each+species'+behaviour+and+nervous+system+have+co-evolved+in+the+context+of+its+natural+habitat+and+can+be+properly+comprehended+only+when+their+interrelationships+are+regarded+against+that+background+%5B7%5D.+This+notion+implies+that+to+arrive+at+a+profound+understanding+of+neurobehavioral+traits%2C+one+will+have+to+consider+problems+of+causation.+Van+Abeelen+%5B59%5D+distinguished+between+the+phenogenetic+and+the+phylogenetic+aspects+of+causation.+Both+concern+the+genetic+correlates+of+neurobehavioral+traits%2C+the+first+in+a+gene-physiological%2C+the+latter+in+an+evolutionary+sense.+Stated+otherwise%2C+neurobehavioral+geneticists+attempt+to+uncover+the+physiological+pathways+underlying+the+expression+of+a+trait+and+to+provide+an+answer+to+the+question+of+what+exactly+is+the+adaptive+value+of+this+trait+for+the+organism.+As+I+have+argued+before+%5B12%2C+13%5D%2C+quantitative-genetic+methods+may+be+employed+with+profit+to+address+problems+related+to+both+aspects+of+causation.+As+an+illustration+of+this+research+strategy%2C+I+present+here+the+results+of+some+experiments+concerning+mouse+exploratory+behaviour+and+hippocampal+neuroanatomy.&rft.publisher=Kluwer+Academic+Press%2C+Dordrecht%2C+The+Netherlands&rft.contributor=Alleva%2C+E.&rft.contributor=A%2C+A.+Fasolo&rft.contributor=Lipp%2C+H.-P.&rft.contributor=Nadel%2C+L.&rft.contributor=Ricceri%2C+L.&rft.date=1995&rft.type=Book+Chapter&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F34%2F1%2Fnatural.htm&rft.identifier=++Crusio%2C+Wim+E.++(1995)+Natural+Selection+on+Hippocampal+Circuitry+Underlying+Exploratory+Behaviour+in+Mice%3A+Quantitative-Genetic+Analysis.++%5BBook+Chapter%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F34%2F