Into the mind of a fly

Review

关键词: CYCLIC-AMP PHOSPHODIESTERASE;    DROSOPHILA ANTENNAL LOBE;    MALE COURTSHIP BEHAVIOR;    MALE SEXUAL-BEHAVIOR;    LONG-TERM-MEMORY;    MUSHROOM BODY;    MOLECULAR ANALYSIS;    NEURAL CIRCUITRY;    CIRCADIAN CLOCK;    SENSORY NEURONS;   

DOI  :  10.1038/nature06335

来源: SCIE

【 摘 要 】

Where do animal behaviours come from and are they controlled by genes? This is the fundamental question posed by the field of neurogenetics. Pioneering work from the 1960s in Seymour Benzer's laboratory demonstrated for the first time that Drosophila melanogaster fruitflies could be mutated to obtain animals with insomnia, learning disabilities and homosexual courtship behaviours.

【 授权许可】

Free