Study

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Rohde et al., 2017
Genomic Analysis of Genotype-by-Social Environment Interaction for Drosophila melanogaster Aggressive Behavior
[10.1534/genetics.117.200642][FBrf0236263]

Description

This study investigated the genetic basis of variation in male aggressive behavior for flies reared in a socialized and socially isolated environment. A large proportion of associated genes have previously been associated with aggressive behavior in Drosophila and mice, and have human orthologs that have been associated with neurological disorders, indicating partially shared genetic mechanisms underlying aggression in animal models and human psychiatric disorders.

Comments from curator

Phenotyping data were extracted from Table S1 in the Supplementary data section.

A behavioral arena, the Flydiator arena [sic], was developed to facilitate high-throughput acquisition of aggression data on pairs of individuals; one DGRP and one control fly (CSB).
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