Ontogeny of flight initiation in the fly Drosophila melanogaster: Implications for the giant fibre system

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 193, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1125-1137

  Hammond, Sarah ^a   O'Shea, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Eclosion; Flight; Giant fibre system; Neuroethology

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; SHAKB PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE; ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLYING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; AXONS; CONNEXINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ESCAPE REACTION; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUTANT PROTEINS; NERVE NET; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS;

EID: 35349021071     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-007-0265-3     Document Type: Article

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