Extended reproductive roles of the fruitless gene in Drosophila melanogaster revealed by behavioral analysis of new fru mutants

Genetics

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1107-1130

  Villella, Adriana ^a   Gailey, Donald A ^b   Berwald, Barbra ^a,d   Ohshima, Saiyou ^b   Barnes, Phillip T ^c   Hall, Jeffrey C ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; COURTSHIP; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0030666543     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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