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Mild mutations in the pan neural gene prospero affect male-specific behaviour in Drosophila melanogaster.
Behavioural processes - 30 Jan 2004
Grosjean Yaël, Savy Mathilde, Soichot Julien, Everaerts Claude, Cézilly Frank, Ferveur Jean François
Abstract excerpt
The fruitfly Drosophila melanogaster is one of the most appropriate model organisms to study the genetics of behaviour. Here, we focus on prospero (pros), a key gene for the development of the nervous system which specifies multiple aspects from the early formation of the embryonic central nervous system to the formation of larval and adult sensory organs. We studied the effects on locomotion, courtship and...
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