Sexual behaviour in Drosophila is irreversibly programmed during a critical period.

doi:10.1016/s0960-9822(07)00491-5

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Sexual behaviour in Drosophila is irreversibly programmed during a critical period.

Current biology : CB - 22 Oct 1998

Arthur B I, Jallon J M, Caflisch B, Choffat Y, Nöthiger R

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Sexual differentiation in Drosophila is controlled by a short cascade of regulatory genes, the expression pattern of which determines all aspects of maleness and femaleness, including complex behaviours displayed by males and females [1-3]. One sex-determining gene is transformer (tra), the activ...

Topics

Animals
Drosophila melanogaster
Female
Genes, Insect
Infertility, Female
Male
Models, Biological
Phenotype
Sex Characteristics
Sexual Behavior, Animal
X Chromosome
Y Chromosome

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