Genetic dissection of behavior: Modulation of locomotion by light in the Drosophila melanogaster larva requires genetically distinct visual system functions

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 3337-3344

  Busto, Macarena ^a   Iyengar, Balaji ^a   Campos, Ana Regina ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bolwig's organ; Drosophila; Insect; Larval photobehavior; Locomotion; Photoreceptor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE MUTATION; INSECT; LIGHT; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0033134937     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-09-03337.1999     Document Type: Article

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