Article
Isolation of larval behavioral mutants in Drosophila melanogaster.
Journal of neurogenetics - 1 Dec 2000
Shaver S A, Riedl C A, Parkes T L, Sokolowski M B, Hilliker A J
Abstract excerpt
Genetic loci that influence behavior are often difficult to identify and localize in part due to the quantitative nature of behavioral phenotypes. Previous studies had found an association between pupal lethality and altered larval behavior for mutants of several genes. To facilitate the identification and localization of new mutants that influence larval foraging (movement in the presence of food) and general...
Topics
- Analysis of Variance
- Animals
- Behavior, Animal
- Chromosome Mapping
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Feeding Behavior
- Genes, Insect
- Genes, Lethal
- Larva
- Movement
- Mutation
- Pupa
