Are complex behaviors specified by dedicated regulatory genes? Reasoning from Drosophila

Cell

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 13-24

  Baker, Bruce S ^a   Taylor, Barbara J ^b   Hall, Jeffrey C ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CELL TYPE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COURTSHIP; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; RNA SPLICING; SENSORY STIMULATION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA;

EID: 0035815296     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(01)00293-8     Document Type: Review

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