Behavioural genetics: molecular genetics meets feeding ecology

Curr Biol. 1998 Jan 1;8(1):R23-4. doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(98)70011-9.

Abstract

Fruit fly larvae occur as either 'rovers', which move a long way to find food, or 'sitters', which stay within a more restricted area. This polymorphism is determined by alleles of a cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinase gene; rovers are at an advantage in crowded populations, while sitters have the edge at low population density.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Alleles
  • Animals
  • Cyclic GMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / genetics
  • Drosophila / enzymology
  • Drosophila / genetics*
  • Drosophila / physiology*
  • Feeding Behavior / physiology*
  • Genetics, Behavioral*
  • Larva / enzymology
  • Larva / genetics
  • Larva / physiology
  • Spatial Behavior / physiology*

Substances

  • Cyclic GMP-Dependent Protein Kinases