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Gravitactic behaviour in Drosophila melanogaster
Reference
S18944
Principal Investigator / Supervisor
Professor James Armstrong
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution
University of Edinburgh
Department
Inst for Adaptive and Neural Computation
Funding type
Research
Value (£)
153,836
Status
Completed
Type
Research Grant
Start date
30/07/2003
End date
29/07/2006
Duration
36 months
Abstract
Gravity affects all organisms yet its perception and the pathways which mediate appropriate behavioural responses are perhaps the least understood. The intense genetic, developmental and behavioural studies performed on the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster make it an ideal model organism for the genetic analysis of such behaviours. Preliminary studies have isolated some seventy mutants which show abnormal gravity responses. A subset of these mutants affect a phylogenetically conserved signalling pathway (RTK/RAS) that may underlie either the perception, or behavioural response, to gravity. The involvement of genes in this pathway and the relevant neuroanatomical foci will be investigated.
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Committee
Closed Committee - Animal Sciences (AS)
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