York College/CUNY
2 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE
Neuroscience
Straightforward Assay for Quantification of Social Avoidance in Drosophila melanogaster
Robert W. Fernandez 1, Marat Nurilov 2, Omar Feliciano 2, Ian S. McDonald 3, Anne F. Simon 3
1Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, 2Department of Biology, York College/CUNY, 3Department of Biology, Western Ontario University
Here, we present a protocol to quantify the avoidance of stressed individuals. This paradigm is powerful yet user-friendly and can be used to assess the influence of genes and environment on one kind of social interaction in Drosophila melanogaster.
Neuroscience
Conditions Affecting Social Space in Drosophila melanogaster
Alison R. McNeil 1, Sam N. Jolley 1, Adesanya A. Akinleye 2, Marat Nurilov 2, Zulekha Rouzyi 2, Austin J. Milunovich 3, Moria C. Chambers 3, Anne F. Simon 1
1Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, 2Department of Biology, York College/CUNY, 3Department of Entomology, Cornell University
The effect of genes and environment on social space of Drosophila melanogaster can be quantified through a powerful but straightforward analytical paradigm. We show here different factors that can affect this social space, and thus need to be taken into consideration when designing experiments in this paradigm.
