A newly uncovered phenotype associated with the fruitless gene of Drosophila melanogaster: Aggression-like head interactions between mutant males

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 263-275

  Lee, Gyunghee ^a   Hall, Jeffrey C ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Dissatisfaction; Doublesex; Fruitless; Intermale interactions; Intersex mutants; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN FRU; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEAD; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AGGRESSION; ALLELES; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; MALE; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0034487513     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026541215546     Document Type: Article

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