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The Drosophila mutation turnip has pleiotropic behavioral effects and does not specifically affect learning.
Learning & memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.) - 1 Jan 2000
Mihalek R M, Jones C J, Tully T
Abstract excerpt
The Drosophila mutant turnip (tur) was isolated on the basis of its poor performance in an olfactory learning task, and also has a reduction in protein kinase C (PKC) activity. PKC has been found in the nervous systems of a wide range of organisms and appears to have an important role in learning and memory-related processes. Unfortunately, previous reports documenting the learning defect of tur lacked the...
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