A distinct neurogenomic response to a tradeoff between social challenge and opportunity in male sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus)

We characterized the behavior and brain gene expression profiles of males confronted by a tradeoff between courtship and territorial defense Overall design: Male sticklebacks were exposed to a courtship opportunity, a territorial challenge, a courtship opportunity and a territorial challenge together, and a control. The diencephalon and telencephalon of males exposed to each of these treatments was sequenced and used to profile patterns of gene expression