ドロソフィラのcGMP依存タンパク質キナーゼによる自然行動ポリモルフィズム
K A Osborne1, A Robichon, E Burgess
1Department of Biology, York University, 4700 Keele Street, North York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M3J 1P3.
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|August 8, 1997
まとめ
自然に発生する行動における遺伝的差異は,研究するのが難しい. しかし,フルーツハエの餌探しの遺伝子 (for) は,タンパク質キナーゼG (PKG) レベルが食物探しの行動に直接影響し,自然な行動変異を説明することを示しています.
科学分野:
- 行動遺伝学 行動遺伝学
- 神経倫理学 神経倫理学とは
- ドロソフィラ・メラノガスターの研究
背景:
- 自然に発生する行動的変異は,特定の遺伝子とリンクすることは困難です.
- ドロソフィラ・メラノガスターの餌探しの遺伝子 (for) は,食べ物を探すための2つの異なる行動を示している:ローバーとシッター.
- 以前の研究によると,餌を求める遺伝子の遺伝的マッピングは困難であった.
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