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Measuring and Altering Mating Drive in Male Drosophila melanogaster

Article DOI: 10.3791/55291-v • 07:02 min • February 15th, 2017
February 15th, 2017 •
*1, *1, 2,3, 3
1F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Boston Children’s Hospital, 2Harvard NeuroDiscovery Center, Harvard Medical School, 3Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School
* These authors contributed equally

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This article describes a behavioral assay that uses male mating drive in Drosophila melanogaster to study motivation. Using this method, researchers can utilize advanced fly neurogenetic techniques to uncover the genetic, molecular, and cellular mechanisms that underlie this motivation.

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