Analysis of locomotor activity rhythms in Drosophila

Nature Protocols

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 559-568

  Rosato, Ezio ^a   Kyriacou, Charalambos P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

EID: 33947527133     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2006.79     Document Type: Article

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