How wud u define instincts at the molecular level?
You are right. The answer of your question cannot be short. Thank you for asking this question. Instinct is the inherent disposition of a living organism toward a particular behavior. Instincts are generally inherited patterns of responses or reactions to certain kinds of stimuli. Instinct provides a response to external stimuli, which moves an organism to action, unless overridden by intelligence, which is creative and more versatile. Since instincts take generations to adapt, an intermediate position, or basis for action, is served by memory, which provides individually stored successful reactions built upon experience. The particular actions performed may be influenced by learning, environment and natural principles. Generally, the term instinct is not used to describe an existing condition or established state. Examples can more frequently be observed in the behavior of animals, which perform various activities (sometimes complex) that are not based upon prior experience, such as r
Instinct refers to any behavior in an organism that is innate and does not need to be learned. Behaviors are the result of the actions of the nervous system of an organism and thus can not be defined at the molecular level. Because instincts are innate they have a heritability of one (meaning that organisms with the same genome will all have the same phenotype; in this case, it means that all organisms with the gene(s) that ultimately give rise to the behavior will all have that same instinct). Thus, at the molecular level, instincts can be said to be encoded in terms of specific genes (sort of- keep in mind that genes code for proteins and that it is protein interactions in the nervous system that ultimately produces behavior). Another way to approach this question is at the nervous system level: what neurons, muscle cells, synapses, etc. give rise to the behavior in question. Technically, your question does not have an answer as animal behaviors are not defined “at the molecular leve
