Molecular analysis of flies selected for aggressive behavior

Nature Genetics

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1023-1031

  Dierick, Herman A ^a   Greenspan, Ralph J ^a  

^a NEUROSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SELECTION; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGGRESSION; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RNA; SELECTION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 33748294229     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1864     Document Type: Article

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