Selection for conditionability in Drosophila melanogaster.

doi:10.1037/0735-7036.106.2.172

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Selection for conditionability in Drosophila melanogaster.

Journal of comparative psychology (Washington, D.C. : 1983) - 1 Jun 1992

Lofdahl K L, Holliday M, Hirsch J

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Successful bidirectional selective breeding of Drosophila melanogaster for excitatory conditionability is reported, using the reliable measures of individual differences (first described by Holliday & Hirsch, 1984, 1986a, 1986b) to test 1,324 animals. Bidirectional selective breeding for good and...

Topics

Animals
Arousal
Conditioning, Classical
Drosophila melanogaster
Female
Gene Frequency
Male
Phenotype
Selection, Genetic

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