TY - JOUR T1 - Of Mice and Men: Empirical Support for the Population-Based Social Epistasis Amplification Model (a Comment on Kalbassi et al., 2017) JF - eneuro JO - eNeuro DO - 10.1523/ENEURO.0280-17.2017 SP - ENEURO.0280-17.2017 AU - Matthew Alexandar Sarraf AU - Michael Anthony Woodley Y1 - 2017/08/31 UR - http://www.eneuro.org/content/early/2017/08/31/ENEURO.0280-17.2017.abstract N2 - This commentary article offers new perspective on recent research investigating the behavioral and social ecological effects of a mutation related to autism spectrum disorders in mice. The authors explain the consistency of this research on mice with predictions advanced by a theory of the role of interorganismal gene-gene interactions (social epistasis) in social species including humans, known as the social epistasis amplification model. The potential significance of the mouse research for understanding contemporary human behavioral trends is explored.Significance Statement This commentary article offers new perspective on recent research investigating the behavioral and social ecologicalal effects of a mutation related to autism spectrum disorders in mice. The authors explain the consistency of this research on mice with predictions advanced by a theory of the role of interorganismal gene-gene interactions (social epistasis) in social species including humans, known as the social epistasis amplification model. The potential significance of the mouse research for understanding contemporary human behavioral trends is explored. ER -