From behavior to development: Genes for sexual behavior define the neuronal sexual switch in Drosophila

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 135-146

  Yamamoto, Daisuke ^a,c   Fujitani, Kazuko ^a   Usui, Kazue ^a   Ito, Hiroki ^a   Nakano, Yoshiro ^b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c MITSUBISHI KASEI INST OF LIFE SCI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dissatisfaction; Fruitless; Sex determination; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; COPULATION; DROSOPHILA; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TARGET CELL;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA; INSECTA;

EID: 0032077660     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00042-2     Document Type: Article

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