Article
Pheromones mediating copulation and attraction in Drosophila.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 26 May 2015
Dweck Hany K M, Ebrahim Shimaa A M, Thoma Michael, Mohamed Ahmed A M, Keesey Ian W, Trona Federica, Lavista-Llanos Sofia, Svatoš Aleš, Sachse Silke, Knaden Markus, Hansson Bill S
Abstract excerpt
Intraspecific olfactory signals known as pheromones play important roles in insect mating systems. In the model Drosophila melanogaster, a key part of the pheromone-detecting system has remained enigmatic through many years of research in terms of both its behavioral significance and its activating ligands. Here we show that Or47b-and Or88a-expressing olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) detect the fly-produced...
Topics
- Animals
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Copulation
- Drosophila Proteins
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Female
- Genes, Insect
- Hydrocarbons
- Laurates
- Male