A natural genetic polymorphism affects retroactive interference in Drosophila melanogaster

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1702, 2011, Pages 91-98

  Reaume, Christopher J ^a   Sokolowski, Maria B ^a   Mery, Frederic ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Environmental variation; Memory; Retroactive interference

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLY; HETEROGENEITY; MEMORY; POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMMELICHTHYIDAE;

EID: 78650413330     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1337     Document Type: Conference Paper

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