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Isolation and characterization of feeding behavior mutants in Drosophila melanogaster.
Behavior genetics - 1 May 1990
Fujishiro N, Kijima H, Miyakawa Y
Abstract excerpt
Feeding behavior mutants of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster having point-mutations were isolated. The defects were analyzed in order to study the mechanism of feeding behavior. Point-mutations named febB (three allele) and febA (three allele) were located between the X-chromosome markers cho and cv and between the markers cv and v, respectively. The febB mutants showed a higher acceptance threshold of the...
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