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Control of the postmating behavioral switch in Drosophila females by internal sensory neurons.
Neuron - 26 Feb 2009
Yang Chung-Hui, Rumpf Sebastian, Xiang Yang, Gordon Michael D, Song Wei, Jan Lily Y, Jan Yuh-Nung
Abstract excerpt
Mating induces changes in the receptivity and egg-laying behavior in Drosophila females, primarily due to a peptide pheromone called sex peptide which is transferred with the sperm into the female reproductive tract during copulation. Whereas sex peptide is generally believed to modulate fruitless-GAL4-expressing neurons in the central nervous system to produce behavioral changes, we found that six to eight...
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