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Measuring and Altering Mating Drive in Male Drosophila melanogaster
Bölümler
- 00:05Başlık
- 00:38Preparing Virgin Females for Behavioral Assays
- 01:27Food Preparation for 2-D Satiety Assay
- 02:36Performing and Scoring 2-D Satiety Assays
- 04:10Using Courtship to Verify Satiety
- 04:58Recovering Mating Drive after 2-D Satiety Assay
- 05:29Results: Reversible Decline in Male Mating Drive over Time
- 06:31Conclusion
This article describes a behavioral assay that uses male mating drive in Drosophila melanogaster to study motivation. Using this method, researchers can utilize advanced fly neurogenetic techniques to uncover the genetic, molecular, and cellular mechanisms that underlie this motivation.
