由于Drosophila的cGMP依赖蛋白激酶的自然行为多态性
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
概括
自然发生的行为遗传差异很难研究. 然而,果的寻基因 (for) 表明,蛋白激酶G (PKG) 水平直接影响寻找食物的行为,解释了自然的行为变异.
科学领域:
- 行为遗传学行为遗传学
- 神经伦理学 神经伦理学
- 德洛索菲拉 (Drosophila melanogaster) 的研究研究
背景情况:
- 自然发生的行为变异很难与特定的基因联系起来.
- 在Drosophila melanogaster中,寻找食物的基因 (for) 表现出两种不同的食物搜索行为:漫游者和坐着者.
- 以前的研究表明,对寻基因的基因映射是困难的.
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