Radish, a Drosophila mutant deficient in consolidated memory.

doi:10.1073/pnas.90.17.8123

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Radish, a Drosophila mutant deficient in consolidated memory.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 1 Sept 1993

Folkers E, Drain P, Quinn W G

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We have characterized the behavior and genetics of the Drosophila mutant radish (rsh gene). Initial learning of radish flies in two olfactory discrimination tests is high, but subsequent memory decays rapidly at both early and late times after training. Anesthesia-resistant memory (consolidated m...

Topics

Animals
Chromosome Mapping
Crosses, Genetic
Drosophila melanogaster
Female
Gene Deletion
Genetic Linkage
Genetic Markers
Learning
Male
Memory
Mutation
Recombination, Genetic
Time Factors

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