Fruitless isoforms and target genes specify the sexually dimorphic nervous system underlying Drosophila reproductive behavior

Courtship is pivotal to successful reproduction throughout the animal kingdom. Sexual differences in the nervous system are thought to underlie courtship behavior. Male courtship behavior in Drosophila is in large part regulated by the gene fruitless (fru). fru has been reported to encode at least t...

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Main Authors: Nojima, Tetsuya, Neville, Megan C, Goodwin, Stephen F
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Landes Bioscience 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4197022/