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Exploring functional links between circadian clocks, neurodegeneration, and aging in Drosophila melanogaster

Creator:

Rakshit, Kuntol

Abstract:

Circadian clocks are endogenous molecular mechanisms that coordinate daily rhythms in gene expression, cellular activities, and physiological functions with external day/night cycles. Breakdown of circadian rhythms such as sleep/wake cycles is associated with the onset of several neurological diseases; however, it is not clear whether disruption of rhythms is a...

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Dissertation

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, Neurodegeneration, and Aging in Drosophila melanogaster AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Kuntol Rakshit
Regulation by male-specific fruitless of neural circuitry used during courtship and copulation behavior in Drosophila melanogaster

Creator:

Latham, Kristin Lynn

Abstract:

Courtship and copulation behaviors in Drosophila melanogaster males are regulated by sex-specific products from the gene fruitless (fru). Male-specific FRU proteins (FRU[superscript M]) are putative transcription factors of the BTB-ZnF family that likely act by controlling development and maintenance of the neural circuitry used during male sexual behavior. However, which...

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Dissertation

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Drosophila melanogaster. Abstract approved: B'rbaiaj'Taylor Courtship and copulation behaviors in