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The Drosophila Thorax as a Model System for Neurogenetics

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Model Neural Networks and Behavior

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Each scientific question requires careful choice of the experimental system in which an attempt to answer the question will be made. If a familiar system can be used, this has the tremendous advantage of allowing the researcher to capitalize on all the information about the system that previous researchers have gained. Developing a new experimental system may take many scientist-years of effort before the rewards can be reaped. There are outstanding success stories in using both old and new systems, e.g., the continuing excellence of the cat as a neurophysiological system (Hubel, 1982; Wiesel, 1982) and the emergence of Aplysia as a superb animal for cellular neurophysiology (Kandel, 1976).

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  1. Department of Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 06511, USA

    Robert J. Wyman, John B. Thomas, Lawrence Salkoff & Walter Costello

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Wyman, R.J., Thomas, J.B., Salkoff, L., Costello, W. (1985). The Drosophila Thorax as a Model System for Neurogenetics. In: Selverston, A.I. (eds) Model Neural Networks and Behavior. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-5858-0_27

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