[PDF] Top 20 The Genetic Architecture of odor-guided behavior in Drosophila melanogaster

... olfactory behavior into sources attributable to line (L; random effect), sex (S; fixed effect), concentration of benzaldehyde (C; fixed effect) and food (F; fixed ...olfactory behavior between the sexes, ... See full document

... Olfactory behavior is determined by the concerted action of multiple genes that interact with one another and with the environment, be it external, genetic or ...traits, odor-guided ... See full document

... its genetic makeup, its nervous system, its physiological state, and its physical and social ...the genetic and environmental components underlying such traits. Drosophila melanogaster ... See full document

... complex behavior, with variation in nature attributable to the joint segregation of multiple interacting quantitative trait loci (QTLs), with effects that are sensitive to the ...the genetic ... See full document

... The genetic toolbox in Drosophila melanogaster offers a multitude of different effector constructs to silence neurons and neuron ...abolish odor-guided behavior in three ... See full document

... as Fedorowicz et al (1998) did for Drosophila olfactory behavior. Moreover, the P-element itself can be engineered such that tissue-specific expression of the disrupted gene may be visualized via ... See full document

... substantial genetic contribution for startle-induced locomotor reactivity (Jordan et ...Quantitative genetic analysis of a population of recombinant inbred Drosophila lines was employed to map 13 ... See full document

... of genetic variation in susceptibility to insecticides within a natural population of Drosophila melanogaster (Meigen) at Katsunuma (Yamanashi Pre- fecture, Japan) was ...study, genetic ... See full document

... the genetic mechanisms underlying human longevity, approaches frequently used were linkage mapping, and more recently, genome wide association (GWA) mapping, to identify polymorphisms affecting extreme longevity ... See full document

... aggressive behavior that can enable it to increase fitness amongst conspecifics or defend itself against a ...2014). Genetic factors have also been widely studied, revealing that the genetic basis of ... See full document

... Pigmentation displays strong geographic trends in D. mel- anogaster. Several studies have reported a trend of darker cuticle at high latitudes in non-African populations, particu- larly with regard to the intensity of ... See full document

... the odor source for the entire assay period, i.e., a maximal Ganetzky 1994). Thus, the DSC1 channel may have repellent response). At least 10 replicate assays per sex were evolved a more subtle, regulatory ... See full document

... Furthermore, the loci affecting naturally occurring variation in olfactory response to benzalde- hyde were not the same in males and females, since the genetic correlation betw[r] ... See full document

... For body weight, then, it appears that the major differences between the ho- mologous chromosomes are due to simple additive eff ects-but significant ad- ditive x additiv[r] ... See full document

... Jacob, H.J., Jansen, R.C., Jepsen, K.J., Johnson, D.K., Johnson, T.E., Kempermann, G., Kendziorski, C., Kotb, M., Kooy, R.F., Llamas, B., Lammert, F., Lassalle, J.M., Lowenstein, P.R., Lu, L., Lusis, A., Manly,K.F., ... See full document

... aggressive behavior is thus a typical quantitative trait ...and genetic mechanisms responsible for the manifestation of aggressive behavior, we know very little of the genes and genetic ... See full document

... underlying genetic architecture of variation in a trait, and SNPs that are in the middle of nowhere can be assessed (Geiger-Thornsberry and Mackay 2002, Mackay et ... See full document

... two odor traps (one food+ and one ...courtship behavior exhibited towards the female), copulation latency (the latency of copulation) and courtship index (the percentage of time spent on courtship, ... See full document

... on odor- guided flight behavior towards odor blends in vinegar flies (Becher et ...the odor source (Becher et ...to odor-induced upwind surges observed directly after flies enter ... See full document

... channel pore upon activation (Nakagawa and Vosshall, 2009). Several approaches have been used to study the effect of cAMP on OR modulation, including genetic manipulations coupled with electrophysiological (Martín ... See full document