Article
Mushroom bodies and post-mating behaviors of Drosophila melanogaster females.
Journal of neurogenetics - 1 Jan 2001
Fleischmann I, Cotton B, Choffat Y, Spengler M, Kubli E
Abstract excerpt
After mating, Drosophila melanogaster females lay substantially more eggs and mate rarely. Central to these changes is Sex peptide (SP), a male peptide transferred into the female during copulation. Injected into virgins, SP induces the same post mating response as observed after mating. In this study we investigated the role of the mushroom body (MB) in the SP response system. The SP response of females with...
Topics
- Animals
- Brain
- Copulation
- Drosophila Proteins
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Female
- Hydroxyurea
- Insect Hormones
- Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
- Mushroom Bodies
- Oviposition