PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Wheeler, DA
AU  - Kyriacou, CP
AU  - Greenacre, ML
AU  - Yu, Q
AU  - Rutila, JE
AU  - Rosbash, M
AU  - Hall, JC
TI  - Molecular transfer of a species-specific behavior from Drosophila simulans to Drosophila melanogaster
AID  - 10.1126/science.1900131
DP  - 1991 Mar 01
TA  - Science
PG  - 1082--1085
VI  - 251
IP  - 4997
4099  - http://science.sciencemag.org/content/251/4997/1082.short
4100  - http://science.sciencemag.org/content/251/4997/1082.full
SO  - Science1991 Mar 01; 251
AB  - Drosophila males modulate the interpulse intervals produced during their courtship songs. These song cycles, which are altered by mutations in the clock gene period, exhibit a species-specific variation that facilitates mating. We have used chimeric period gene constructs from Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila simulans in germline transformation experiments to map the genetic control of their song rhythm difference to a small segment of the amino acid encoding information within this gene.