Analysis of temperature-sensitive mutants reveals new genes involved in the courtship song of Drosophila.

doi:10.1093/genetics/148.2.827

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Analysis of temperature-sensitive mutants reveals new genes involved in the courtship song of Drosophila.

Genetics - 1 Feb 1998

Peixoto A A, Hall J C

Abstract excerpt

cacophony (cac), a mutation affecting the courtship song in Drosophila melanogaster, is revealed to cause temperature-sensitive (TS) abnormalities. When exposed to high temperatures (37 degrees), cac flies show frequent convulsions and pronounced locomotor defects. This TS phenotype seems consist...

Topics

Animal Communication
Animals
Chromosome Mapping
Courtship
Drosophila melanogaster
Genes, Insect
Genotype
Ion Channels
Male
Mutation
Phenotype
Sexual Behavior, Animal
Sound Spectrography
Temperature
Vocalization, Animal
X Chromosome

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