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Functional dissection of the neural substrates for sexual behaviors in Drosophila melanogaster.
Genetics - 1 Sept 2011
Meissner Geoffrey W, Manoli Devanand S, Chavez Jose F, Knapp Jon-Michael, Lin Tasha L, Stevens Robin J, Mellert David J, Tran David H, Baker Bruce S
Abstract excerpt
The male-specific Fruitless proteins (FruM) act to establish the potential for male courtship behavior in Drosophila melanogaster and are expressed in small groups of neurons throughout the nervous system. We screened ∼1000 GAL4 lines, using assays for general courtship, male-male interactions, and male fertility to determine the phenotypes resulting from the GAL4-driven inhibition of FruM expression in subsets...
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