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Science 10 December 1971:
Vol. 174. no. 4014, pp. 1139 - 1141
DOI: 10.1126/science.174.4014.1139
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Genetic Control of an Insect Neuronal Network

David R. Bentley 1

1 Department of Zoology, University of California, Berkeley 94720

Motor activity responsible for the calling song of crickets is generated by a small neuronal network whose output is genetically determined. Genes controlling certain output features are located on the X chromosome. The genetic system involved is polygenic and multichromosomal. In some patterns, genetically derived information is adequate to specify the difference of a single impulse in the output of homologous neurons from different genotypes.


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