Significance of activity peaks in fruit flies, Drosophila melanogaster, under seminatural conditions

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 8984-8989

  De, Joydeep ^a   Varma, Vishwanath ^b   Saha, Soham ^b   Sheeba, Vasu ^a   Sharma, Vijay Kumar ^b  

^a Behavioural Neurogenetics Laboratory   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Afternoon peak; Chronoethogram; Circadian rhythms; Courtship; Period mutants

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; COURTSHIP; DARKNESS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LIGHT INTENSITY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOLECULAR CLOCK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

AFTERNOON PEAK; CHRONOETHOGRAM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS; COURTSHIP; PERIOD MUTANTS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBSERVATION; PHOTOPERIOD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 84878450377     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1220960110     Document Type: Article

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