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. 1977 Feb;85(2):273-8.
doi: 10.1093/genetics/85.2.273.

Genetic analysis of phototactic behavior in Drosophila simulans

T A Markow, W L Smith

Genetic analysis of phototactic behavior in Drosophila simulans

T A Markow et al. Genetics. 1977 Feb.

Abstract

Phototaxis mazes have been employed to select photopositive and photonegative strains of Drosophila simulans. The results suggest that phototactic behavior in D. simulans, as in other Drosophila species, is a polygenic trait. Hybridization using divergent strains revealed that the genes controlling negative phototactic behavior in D. simulans are autosomal, as opposed to D. melanogaster in which negative phototactic behavior is known to be very strongly sex-linked.

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