Two thermosensors in Drosophila have different behavioral functions

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 235-242

  Zars, Troy ^a  

^a Lehrstuhl fur Mikrobiologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antenna; Drosophila; Spatial learning; Thermosensor

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY TEMPERATURE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DROSOPHILA; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE SENSE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DROSOPHILA; LOCOMOTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPERATURE SENSE;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0034997664     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590100194     Document Type: Article

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