The effect of the homoeotic mutation, Spineless-aristapedia, on female receptivity to male courtship in Drosophila melanogaster.

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Drosophila melanogaster females expressing the homoeotic mutation, spineless-aristapedia (SSa), were tested for their ability to hear the song of courting males. Since courtship song increases a females' receptivity to copulation, the frequency of mating within a short observation period was used as a measure of the ability of mutant females to distinguish between singing males and males that were unable to sing....

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