Article
Initiation of male sperm-transfer behavior in Caenorhabditis elegans requires input from the ventral nerve cord.
BMC biology - 15 Aug 2006
Schindelman Gary, Whittaker Allyson J, Thum Jian Yuan, Gharib Shahla, Sternberg Paul W
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The Caenorhabditis elegans male exhibits a stereotypic behavioral pattern when attempting to mate. This behavior has been divided into the following steps: response, backing, turning, vulva location, spicule insertion, and sperm transfer. We and others have begun in-depth analyses of...
Topics
- Animals
- Caenorhabditis elegans
- Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins
- Central Nervous System
- Copulation
- Female
- Genotype
- Luminescent Proteins
- Male
- Models, Biological
- Motor Neurons
- Mutation
- Phosphoproteins
- Sexual Behavior, Animal
- Spermatozoa
- Time Factors
- Vesicular Transport Proteins