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Sex-specific signaling in the blood-brain barrier is required for male courtship in Drosophila.
PLoS genetics - 1 Jan 2013
Hoxha Valbona, Lama Chamala, Chang Peter L, Saurabh Sumit, Patel Naiya, Olate Nicole, Dauwalder Brigitte
Abstract excerpt
Soluble circulating proteins play an important role in the regulation of mating behavior in Drosophila melanogaster. However, how these factors signal through the blood-brain barrier (bbb) to interact with the sex-specific brain circuits that control courtship is unknown. Here we show that male i...
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