Revealing the molecular mechanism of mouse innate behavior by single-cell sequencing

Innate behaviors, like fear, are basic behaviors which animals possess to ensure their survival and reproduction. Now we know that in animals, for example mouse, different behaviors are controlled by different or similar neural circuits. Whether these behaviors are coded by specific genes are not clear. In this project, we used single-cell sequencing to solve this problem in fear and hunting behaviors. single cell RNA-seq of the superior colliculus of the adult mouse