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Science 1 March 1991:
Vol. 251. no. 4997, pp. 1082 - 1085
DOI: 10.1126/science.1900131
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Science, Vol 251, Issue 4997, 1082-1085
Copyright © 1991 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Molecular transfer of a species-specific behavior from Drosophila simulans to Drosophila melanogaster

DA Wheeler, CP Kyriacou, ML Greenacre, Q Yu, JE Rutila, M Rosbash, and JC Hall

Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02254.

Drosophila males modulate the interpulse intervals produced during their courtship songs. These song cycles, which are altered by mutations in the clock gene period, exhibit a species-specific variation that facilitates mating. We have used chimeric period gene constructs from Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila simulans in germline transformation experiments to map the genetic control of their song rhythm difference to a small segment of the amino acid encoding information within this gene.


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