Comments on: Viruses That Make You Fly, Bacteria That Keep You On the Ground http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/06/22/viruses-that-make-you-fly-bacteria-that-keep-you-on-the-ground/ A blog about life, past and future. Written by DISCOVER contributing editor and columnist Carl Zimmer. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:52:02 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Davi http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/06/22/viruses-that-make-you-fly-bacteria-that-keep-you-on-the-ground/comment-page-1/#comment-19514 Davi Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:16:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/06/22/viruses-that-make-you-fly-bacteria-that-keep-you-on-the-ground/#comment-19514 Some of these cases of parasitic control of complex host behavior should be great model systems for studying how these behaviors are generated by the host nervous system in the first place. It would be especially useful to find a parasite/host interaction like this in Drosophila, w/ all the genetic tools available for that organism. Anyone know of any parasite-Drosophila interactions that produce interesting behavior? Some of these cases of parasitic control of complex host behavior should be great model systems for studying how these behaviors are generated by the host nervous system in the first place. It would be especially useful to find a parasite/host interaction like this in Drosophila, w/ all the genetic tools available for that organism.

Anyone know of any parasite-Drosophila interactions that produce interesting behavior?

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