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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 molecular levels. The wild-type counterparts of the mutated genes were shown to rescue the phenotypes by their ubiquitous or...
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