Bio-Protocol (May 2017)

Locomotor Assay in Drosophila melanogaster

  • Qingqing Liu,
  • Jingsong Tian,
  • Xing Yang,
  • Yan Li,
  • Aike Guo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.21769/BioProtoc.2283
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 10

Abstract

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This protocol describes a simple locomotor assay in Drosophila melanogaster. In brief, the locomotor of each single fly in the culture dish is recorded by a web camera. The moving time, walking length, speed and the locomotor trails of the single fly could be quantitatively analyzed.