The genetic basis of natural variation in mushroom body size in Drosophila melanogaster

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Zwarts, Liesbeth ^a,b   Vanden Broeck, Lies ^a,b   Cappuyns, Elisa ^a,b   Ayroles, Julien F ^a,d   Magwire, Michael M ^a,c   Vulsteke, Veerle ^a,b   Clements, Jason ^a,b   Mackay, Trudy F C ^a   Callaerts, Patrick ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SYNGENTA BIOTECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRIZZLED PROTEIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE 10D; SPACER DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN;

BODY SIZE; BRAIN; EVOLUTION; FLY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GROWTH RATE; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LIFESPAN; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MUSHROOM BODY; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; REGULATOR GENE; SLEEP; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MUSHROOM BODIES; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84949908107     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10115     Document Type: Article

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