BEHAVIORAL PLASTICITY IN A DROSOPHILA MUTANT, DUNCEDB276

Drosophila X-linked mutant dunceDB276 fails to display learning in an olfactory learning paradigm, in spite of being able to sense odorants and shock (Byers, 1977; Fig. 1). However, conditions exist under which the flies display associative behavior (Table 1, Figs. 3, 5). Memory appears to be short-lived (Table 1, Figs. 3, 5) and labile (Figs. 3, 4). It is suggested that the dunceDB276 mutation affects an early memory phase. © 1979 Springer-Verlag.