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Our group uses Drosophila as a model system in which to identify and characterize genes involved in behavior, aging, and neurodegeneration. The high degree of homology between the fly and human genomes forms the basis of a strategy for understanding the corresponding human genes. Three behavioral paradigms are currently under investigation. One is a model of nociception that bears much resemblance to human pain. The second is an alarm response in which flies subjected to vibration emit an odor that induces avoidance by other flies, and the third is a genetic analysis of appetite and obesity.

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	Our group uses Drosophila as a model system in which to identify and characterize genes involved in behavior, aging, and neurodegeneration. The high degree of homology between the fly and human genomes forms the basis of a strategy for understanding the corresponding human genes. Three behavioral paradigms are currently under investigation. One is a model of nociception that bears much resemblance to human pain. The second is an alarm response in which flies subjected to vibration emit an odor that induces avoidance by other flies, and the third is a genetic analysis of appetite and obesity.
Seymour Benzer Oct. 15, 1921 - Nov. 30, 2007
	California Institute of Technology 1200 E California Blvd Division of Biology Mail Code 156-29 Pasadena CA 91125

Welcome to the Benzer Lab

Seymour Benzer

Oct. 15, 1921 - Nov. 30, 2007