Isolation of larval behavioral mutants in Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Neurogenetics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 193-205

  Shaver, Susan A ^a,b   Riedl, Craig A L ^a   Parkes, Tony L ^b   Sokolowski, Marla B ^b   Hilliker, Arthur J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chemical mutagenesis; Foraging behavior; Genetic screen; Locomotion; P element mutants; Pupal lethal

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; LARVA; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0034441149     PISSN: 01677063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01677060009084498     Document Type: Article

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