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Initial phases of the behavior-genetic analysis ofPhormia regina using the central excitatory state (CES) have demonstrated stable individual differences, replicated bidirectional selection for CES expression, and produced pure-breeding high- and low-CES lines from single-pair matings. An immediate response to selection and results from single-pair matings provide converging evidence suggesting the influence of a single, major gene associated with CES expression. A new CES test that allowed greater numbers of flies to be tested was validated by comparing mean CES response levels to those from the original CES test. These behavioral and breeding analyses produced a sound empirical basis for a hybridcross analysis [Tully, T., and Hirsch, J. (1983).Anim. Behav. (in press)] which tested the one-gene model more adequately.
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This work was supported by Grant MH15173 for Research Training in Institutional Racism from the National Institute of Mental Health; Grant 00-32-66-300 from the Research Board (to J.H.); and a Graduate College Dissertation Grant Award (to T.T.), University of Illinois. A portion of the material has been submitted by T.T. for the Ph.D. in Genetics, University of Illinois.
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Tully, T., Hirsch, J. Behavior-genetic analysis ofPhormia regina. I. Isolation of pure-breeding lines for high and low levels of the central excitatory state (CES) from an unselected population. Behav Genet 12, 395–415 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01065632
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