Behavioural genetics: molecular genetics meets feeding ecology.
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.
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Galton Laboratory, Department of Biology, University College London, Wolfson House, 4 Stephenson Way, London, NW1 2HE, UK.
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D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D017869:Cyclic GMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000235:genetics; D004330:Drosophila / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology*; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D005824:Genetics, Behavioral; D007814:Larva / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D013037:Spatial Behavior / Q000502:physiology*
D017869:Cyclic GMP-Dependent Protein Kinases