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Isolation of Aggressive Behavior Mutants in Drosophila Using a Screen for Wing Damage.
Genetics - 1 Jan 2018
Davis Shaun M, Thomas Amanda L, Liu Lingzhi, Campbell Ian M, Dierick Herman A
Abstract excerpt
Aggression is a complex social behavior that is widespread in nature. To date, only a limited number of genes that affect aggression have been identified, in large part because the complexity of the phenotype makes screening difficult and time-consuming regardless of the species that is studied. We discovered that aggressive group-housed Drosophila melanogaster males inflict damage on each other's wings, and show...
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