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JoVE Journal Neuroscience
Taste Preference Assay for Adult Drosophila
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04:31 min

September 08, 2016

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Chapters

  • 00:05Title
  • 00:40Starvation
  • 01:13Taste Preference Assay
  • 03:01Taste Preference Assay Quantification
  • 03:27Results: Drosophila are Naturally Attracted to High Sucrose Concentrations
  • 04:06Conclusion

Summary

Automatic Translation

Taste is an important sensory process which facilitates attraction to beneficial substances and avoidance of toxic substances. This protocol describes a simple ingestion assay for determining Drosophila gustatory preference for a given chemical compound.

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