Article
Action potential mutations stop a biological clock in Drosophila.
Nature - 1 Jan 2000
Kyriacou C P, Hall J C
Abstract excerpt
The Drosophila melanogaster male produces a species-specific courtship song by wing vibration. The most conspicuous feature of the song is a series of pulses with a 30-40-ms interpulse interval (IPI) which oscillate in wild-type males with a period of 50-60 s. This short-term biological rhythm in IPI is influenced by several gene mutations at the period (per) locus, which alter the normal 24-h free-running period...
Topics
- Action Potentials
- Animals
- Circadian Rhythm
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Genes
- Male
- Mutation
- Neural Conduction
- Temperature