comparative study of two Drosophila learning tasks

Ten wild-type strains of Drosophila melanogaster were used to compare performance in two different discriminative avoidance tasks, one involving odor as a discriminative stimulus and shock as the aversive stimulus and the other involving colored lights as the discriminative stimulus and vigorous sha...

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Published in:Behavior genetics 1983-03, Vol.13 (2), p.179-190
Main Authors: Durcan, M.J, Fulker, D.W
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
animal behavior
animal ecology
arthropods
Avoidance Learning - physiology
Conditioning (Psychology) - physiology
Discrimination Learning - physiology
Drosophila melanogaster
entomology
Humans
Phenotype
Smell - physiology
Visual Perception - physiology
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Summary:Ten wild-type strains of Drosophila melanogaster were used to compare performance in two different discriminative avoidance tasks, one involving odor as a discriminative stimulus and shock as the aversive stimulus and the other involving colored lights as the discriminative stimulus and vigorous shaking as the aversive stimulus. Significant strain differences were established for performance on both tasks. No significant correlation, however, was observed between performance on the two tasks; this suggests independent genetic control.
ISSN:0001-8244
1573-3297
DOI:10.1007/BF01065666