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High Throughput Assay to Examine Egg-Laying Preferences of Individual Drosophila melanogaster
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High Throughput Assay to Examine Egg-Laying Preferences of Individual Drosophila melanogaster

High Throughput Assay to Examine Egg-Laying Preferences of Individual Drosophila melanogaster

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March 24, 2016

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10.3791/53716-v

DOI:
10.3791/53716-v

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03:58 min
March 24, 2016

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1Department of Neurobiology,Duke University, 2Department of Pharmacology,Duke University

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This protocol describes a high throughput assay for testing egg-laying preferences of Drosophila melanogaster at single-animal resolution. This assay provides a simple, efficient, and scalable platform to identify genes and circuit components that control a simple decision-making process.

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Gou, B., Zhu, E., He, R., Stern, U., Yang, C. High Throughput Assay to Examine Egg-Laying Preferences of Individual Drosophila melanogaster. J. Vis. Exp. (109), e53716, doi:10.3791/53716 (2016).

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