Metabolic shift toward ketosis in asocial cavefish increases social-like affinity.
Motoko IwashitaAmity TranMarianne GarciaJia CashonDevanne BurbanoVanessa SalgadoMalia HasegawaRhoada Balmilero-UncianoKaylah PolitanMiki WongRyan W Y LeeMasato YoshizawaPublished in: BMC biology (2023)
Our study indicated that fish that evolved to be asocial remain capable of exhibiting social affinity under ketosis, possibly linking the seasonal food availability and sociality.