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A genetic screen for mutations that disrupt an auditory response in Drosophila melanogaster.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 23 Dec 1997
Eberl D F, Duyk G M, Perrimon N
Abstract excerpt
Hearing is one of the last sensory modalities to be subjected to genetic analysis in Drosophila melanogaster. We describe a behavioral assay for auditory function involving courtship among groups of males triggered by the pulse component of the courtship song. In a mutagenesis screen for mutations that disrupt the auditory response, we have recovered 15 mutations that either reduce or abolish this response....
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