Wing-beat frequency mutants and courtship behavior in Drosophila melanogaster males

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 137-151

  Barnes, Phillip T ^a   Sullivan, Lisa ^a   Villella, Adriana ^b  

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

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Courtship song; Drosophila melanogaster; Flightless mutants; Mating behavior; Wing size; Wing beat frequency

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; COURTSHIP; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FLIGHT; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC REGULATION; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; COPULATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUTATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0031968144     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021476125052     Document Type: Article

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