Male-specific fruitless specifies the neural substrates of Drosophila courtship behaviour

Devanand S. Manoli, Margit Foss, Adriana Villella, Barbara J. Taylor, Jeffrey C. Hall and Bruce S. Baker ()
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Devanand S. Manoli: Neurosciences Program
Margit Foss: Oregon State University
Adriana Villella: Brandeis University
Barbara J. Taylor: Oregon State University
Jeffrey C. Hall: Brandeis University
Bruce S. Baker: Stanford University

Nature, 2005, vol. 436, issue 7049, 395-400

Abstract: Courtship in the genes During courtship, male Drosophila fruitflies perform a series of innate stereotyped behaviours in response to specific sensory cues. Now the set of nerve cells that govern this behaviour has been identified. Inactivation of these neurons is sufficient to make male flies lose interest in mating, and altering female brains to produce the same proteins produced by these cells causes the females to display male courtship routines. The neurons produce a set of proteins called FruM, encoded by the fruitless (fru) gene, which has previously been implicated in courtship in male fruitflies. Inactivation of FruM-producing nerve cells inhibited courtship without changing other behaviours. And manipulating females' nerve cells so as to produce FruM was enough to cause them to view other females as potential mates.

Date: 2005
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