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Chem. Senses 26: 215-221, 2001
© Oxford University Press 2001

SYMPOSIUM: AChemS XXII Symposium

Functional Genomics of Odor-guided Behavior in Drosophila melanogaster

Robert R.H. Anholt1,2, Juan José Fanara1,2, Grazyna M. Fedorowicz2, Indrani Ganguly2, Nalini H. Kulkarni1, Trudy F.C. Mackay2 and Stephanie M. Rollmann1,2

Departments of 1 Zoology and 2 Genetics, W.M. Keck Center for Behavioral Biology, Box 7617, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7617, USA *Authors are listed alphabetically

Correspondence to be sent to: R.R.H. Anholt, Department of Zoology, W.M. Keck Center for Behavioral Biology, Box 7617, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7617, USA

Abstract

The avoidance response to repellent odorants in Drosophila melanogaster, a response essential for survival, provides an advantageous model for studies on the genetic architecture of olfactory behavior. Transposon tagging in a highly inbred strain of flies in combination with a rapid and simple statistical behavioral assay enables the identification of not only large phenotypic effects, but also small aberrations from wild-type avoidance behavior. The recent completion of the sequence of the Drosophila genome facilitates the molecular characterization of transposon-tagged genes and correlation between gene expression and behavior in smell-impaired (smi) mutant lines. Quantitative genetic analyses of a collection of smi lines in a co-isogenic background revealed an extensive network of epistatic interactions among genes that shape the olfactory avoidance response. Candidate genes for several of these transposon-tagged smi loci implicate genes that mediate odorant recognition, including a novel odorant binding protein; signal propagation, including a voltage-gated sodium channel; and a protein containing multiple leucine rich repeats and PDZ domains likely to be involved in postsynaptic organization in the olfactory pathway. Several novel genes of unknown function have also been implicated, including a novel tyrosine-regulated protein kinase. The discovery and characterization of novel gene products that have major, hitherto unappreciated effects on olfactory behavior will provide new insights in the generation and regulation of odor-guided behavior. The identification and functional characterization of proteins encoded by smi genes that form part of the olfactory subgenome and correlation of polymorphisms in these genes with variation in odor-guided behavior in natural populations will advance our understanding of the genetic architecture of chemosensory behavior.


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