Article
The inactive mutation leads to abnormal experience-dependent courtship modification in male Drosophila melanogaster.
Behavior genetics - 1 Jul 1994
O'Dell K M
Abstract excerpt
Flies carrying the inactive mutation of Drosophila melanogaster have only 15% wild-type titers of the putative neurotransmitter octopamine. With a view to discovering whether the inactive mutation impairs learning, I describe the effect of the inactive mutation on experience-dependent courtship m...
Topics
- Animals
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Habituation, Psychophysiologic
- Male
- Models, Genetic
- Mutation
- Octopamine
- Phenotype
- Sexual Behavior, Animal
- Sexual Maturation