Article
Genes for sexual behavior.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 8 May 1998
Yamamoto D, Nakano Y
Abstract excerpt
The mating behavior of Drosophila melanogaster is a stereotyped sequence of fixed action patterns, composed of orientation, tapping, singing, licking, attempted copulation and copulation. Mutations that block a unique aspect of mating behavior were isolated and analyzed at the cellular and molecu...
Topics
- Animals
- Copulation
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Female
- Genes, Insect
- Male
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Sexual Behavior, Animal
- Vocalization, Animal
