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Learning and memory mutations impair acoustic priming of mating behaviour in Drosophila.
Nature - 1 Jan 2000
Kyriacou C P, Hall J C
Abstract excerpt
The courtship song in Drosophila melanogaster has two components, a low-frequency hum and a train of pulses with a species-specific interpulse interval (IPI) of 30-40 ms(1,2). The IPIs oscillate rhythmically, with periods between 50 and 60 s in wild-type males(3). When females are stimulated with artificial songs in the presence of courting but silent (wingless) males, the 'pulse song' and its oscillation can...
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