Honors Theses
Date of Award
Spring 5-8-2022
Document Type
Undergraduate Thesis
Department
Biology
First Advisor
Gregg Roman
Second Advisor
Jason Paris
Third Advisor
Bradley Jones
Relational Format
Dissertation/Thesis
Abstract
Across phylogeny, integration of external factors, memory, and internal states of the organism dictate organismal behavior and mechanisms. The underlying genetic components can affect these behaviors such as in genomic changes arising from speciation. In this thesis, a new place preference assay was evaluated in the analysis and investigation of two species of Drosophila flies (D. melanogaster and D. simulans) to measure similarities and differences and their attraction to two different food substrates. Sleep and circadian measurements were also recorded during experimentation. The Drosophila Activity Monitor 5M (DAM5M) System and Sleep Circadian Analysis MATLAB Program (SCAMP) analysis were used in experimentation. Two-way ANOVA was carried to determine statistical significance between effects of species and time of day, and differences in activity, sleep, and place preference.
Recommended Citation
Brinson, Martha M., "Developing a Novel Place Preference Assay to Compare Drosophila Species Over Time" (2022). Honors Theses. 2581.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/hon_thesis/2581
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