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Mapping of genetic loci that change pheromone discrimination in Drosophila males.
Genetical research - 1 Apr 2002
McMahon Conor, Sureau Gilles, Ferveur Jean-François
Abstract excerpt
Reproduction in individual animals of sexual species depends largely upon their ability to detect and distinguish specific signal(s) among those produced by various potential sexual partners. In Drosophila melanogaster males, there is a natural polymorphism for discrimination of female and male principal pheromones that segregates with chromosome 3. We have mapped two loci on chromosome 3 that change...
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