Identification of genes involved in Drosophila melanogaster geotaxis, a complex behavioral trait

Nature Genetics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 349-353

  Toma, Daniel P ^a   White, Kevin P ^b   Hirsch, Jerry ^c   Greenspan, Ralph J ^a  

^a NEUROSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GEOTROPISM; MALE; MAZE TEST; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0036699933     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng893     Document Type: Article

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