Behaviour modification by in vitro mutagenesis of a variable region within the period gene of Drosophila.

doi:10.1038/326765a0

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Behaviour modification by in vitro mutagenesis of a variable region within the period gene of Drosophila.

Nature - 1 Jan 2000

Yu Q, Colot H V, Kyriacou C P, Hall J C, Rosbash M

Abstract excerpt

The period gene of Drosophila melanogaster, implicated in the control of both the circadian and male courtship song rhythms, is found to be polymorphic. Alleles differ in the length of a region of the gene encoding a series of threonine-glycine repeat units. The phenotypes of transformed fruit fl...

Topics

Alleles
Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Circadian Rhythm
Drosophila melanogaster
In Vitro Techniques
Mutation
Phenotype
Sexual Behavior, Animal
Vocalization, Animal

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