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A cis-regulatory sequence within the yellow locus of Drosophila melanogaster required for normal male mating success.
Genetics - 1 Feb 2006
Drapeau Mark David, Cyran Shawn A, Viering Michaela M, Geyer Pamela K, Long Anthony D
Abstract excerpt
Drosophila melanogaster males perform a courtship ritual consisting of a series of dependent fixed-action patterns. The yellow (y) gene is required for normal male courtship behavior and subsequent mating success. To better characterize the requirement for y in the manifestation of innate male sexual behavior, we measured the male mating success (MMS) of 12 hypomorphic y mutants and matched-outbred-background...
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