Social time givers appear to be specifically important in dark cavity-dwelling social animals, but here there are no other clear relationships between the degree of sociability and the effectiveness of social entertainment. The olfactory system is important for social
entertainment in insects. Little is known, however about the molecular and neuronal pathways linking olfactory neurons to the central clock. In the honey bee, the expression, phase and development of circadian rhythms are socially regulated, apparently by different signals. Peripheral clocks regulating pheromone synthesis and the olfactory system have been implicated in social influences on circadian rhythms in the fruit fly.
Your question is rather puzzling to me. What are 'social time givers'? What is social enternainment in insects? I know no better than only humans (primates and dolphins maybe to a minimal degree) engage in social entertainment.
And the question itself is equally elusive (to me, which may very well be attributed to ignorance on my part). I fail to see the separation between the social and the genomic domain. Isn't the body both the main producer and the main receiver of signals? What kind of border should I envision separating the body from 'the social' without reverting to a category mistake? .
Social Influences on Circadian Rhythms and Sleep in Insects. (Ada and Guy Bloch, Advances in Genetics, Vol. 77)
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