[duplicate] Fighting fruit flies: A model system for the study of aggression Export

@article{citeulike:4302088, abstract = {Despite the importance of aggression in the behavioral repertoire of most animals, relatively little is known of its proximate causation and control. To take advantage of modern methods of genetic analysis for studying this complex behavior, we have developed a quantitative framework for studying aggression in common laboratory strains of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. In the present study we analyze 73 experiments in which socially naive male fruit flies interacted in more than 2,000 individual agonistic interactions. This allows us to (i) generate an ethogram of the behaviors that occur during agonistic interactions; (ii) calculate descriptive statistics for these behaviors; and (iii) identify their temporal patterns by using sequence analysis. Thirty-minute paired trials between flies contained an average of 27 individual agonistic interactions, lasting a mean of 11 seconds and featuring a variety of intensity levels. Only few fights progressed to the highest intensity levels (boxing and tussling). A sequential analysis demonstrated the existence of recurrent patterns in behaviors with some similarity to those seen during courtship. Based on the patterns characterized in the present report, a detailed examination of aggressive behavior by using mutant strains and other techniques of genetic analysis becomes possible. 10.1073/pnas.082102599}, author = {Chen, Selby and Lee, Ann Y. and Bowens, Nina M. and Huber, Robert and Kravitz, Edward A.}, citeulike-article-id = {4302088}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.082102599}, day = {16}, doi = {10.1073/pnas.082102599}, journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, keywords = {aggression, contest, dominance, fight, insect, model}, month = {April}, number = {8}, pages = {5664--5668}, posted-at = {2009-04-11 22:12:28}, priority = {5}, title = {[duplicate] Fighting fruit flies: A model system for the study of aggression}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.082102599}, volume = {99}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4302088 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4302088 N2 - Despite the importance of aggression in the behavioral repertoire of most animals, relatively little is known of its proximate causation and control. To take advantage of modern methods of genetic analysis for studying this complex behavior, we have developed a quantitative framework for studying aggression in common laboratory strains of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. In the present study we analyze 73 experiments in which socially naive male fruit flies interacted in more than 2,000 individual agonistic interactions. This allows us to (i) generate an ethogram of the behaviors that occur during agonistic interactions; (ii) calculate descriptive statistics for these behaviors; and (iii) identify their temporal patterns by using sequence analysis. Thirty-minute paired trials between flies contained an average of 27 individual agonistic interactions, lasting a mean of 11 seconds and featuring a variety of intensity levels. Only few fights progressed to the highest intensity levels (boxing and tussling). A sequential analysis demonstrated the existence of recurrent patterns in behaviors with some similarity to those seen during courtship. Based on the patterns characterized in the present report, a detailed examination of aggressive behavior by using mutant strains and other techniques of genetic analysis becomes possible. 10.1073/pnas.082102599 IS - 8 JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences EP - 5668 TI - [duplicate] Fighting fruit flies: A model system for the study of aggression VL - 99 SP - 5664 KW - aggression KW - contest KW - dominance KW - fight KW - insect KW - model AU - Chen, Selby AU - Lee, Ann AU - Bowens, Nina AU - Huber, Robert AU - Kravitz, Edward PY - 2002/04/16/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.082102599 ER -