Voila, a new Drosophila courtship variant that affects the nervous system: Behavioral, neural, and genetic characterization

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 4335-4343

  Balakireva, Maria ^a   Stocker, Reinhard F ^b   Gendre, Nanaë ^b   Ferveur, Jean François ^a,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Courtship behavior; Drosophila; Gustation; Mushroom bodies; PGAL4; Transformer

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COURTSHIP; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TASTE; TRANSGENE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0032101701     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-11-04335.1998     Document Type: Article

References (54)

1. Amrein H, Axel R (1997) Genes expressed in neurons of adult male Drosophila. Cell 88:459-469.
2. Antony C, Jallon J-M (1982) The chemical basis for sex recognition in Drosophila melanogaster. J Insect Physiol 28:873-880.
3. Balmer D (1994) Isolation von zellspezifisch exprimierenden Gal4-Insertionslinen bei Drosophila melanogaster, unter besonderer Berück-sichtigung des chemosensorischen Systems. Diploma, University of Fribourg.
4. Brand AH (1995) GFP in Drosophila. Trends Genet 11:324-325.
5. Brand AH, Perrimon N (1993) Targeted gene expression as a means of altering cell fates and generating dominant phenotypes. Development 118:401-415.
6. Cobb MJ, Connolly K, Burnet B (1987) The relationship between locomotor activity and courtship in the melanogaster species sub-group of Drosophila. Anim Behav 35:705-713.
7. Falk R, Bleiser-Avivi N, Atidia J (1976) Labellar taste organs of Drosophila melanogaster. J Morphol 150:327-342.
8. Ferveur J-F (1997) The pheromonal role of cuticular hydrocarbons in Drosophila melanogaster. BioEssays 19:353-358.
9. Ferveur J-F, Sureau G (1996) Simultaneous influence on male courtship of stimulatory and inhibitory pheromones, produced by live sex-mosaic Drosophila melanogaster. Proc R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 263:967-973.
10. Ferveur J-F, Störtkuhl KF, Stocker RF, Greenspan RJ (1995) Genetic feminization of brain structures and changed sexual orientation in male Drosophila melanogaster. Science 267:902-905.
11. Ferveur J-F, Savarit F, O'Kane CJ, Sureau G, Greenspan RJ, Jallon J-M (1997) Genetic feminization of pheromones and its behavioral consequences in Drosophila males. Science 276:1555-1558.
12. Finley KD, Taylor BJ, Milstein M, McKeown M (1997) dissatisfaction, a gene involved in sex-specific behavior and neural development of Drosophila melanogaster. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 94:913-918.
13. Golic KG (1991) Site-specific recombination between homologous chromosomes in Drosophila. Science 252:958-961.
14. Greenspan RJ (1995) Understanding the genetic construction of behavior. Sci Am 272:72-76.
15. Hall JC (1977) Portions of the central nervous system controlling reproductive behavior in Drosophila melanogaster. Behav Genet 7:291-312.
16. Hall JC (1978) Courtship among mules due to a male-sterile mutation in Drosophila melanogaster. Behav Genet 8:125-141.
17. Hall JC (1979) Control of male reproductive behavior by the central nervous system of Drosophila: dissection of a courtship pathway by genetic mosaics. Genetics 92:437-457.
18. Hall JC (1994) The mating of a fly. Science 264:1702-1714.
19. Hartenstein V, Posakony JW (1989) Development of adult sensilla on the wing and notum of Drosophila melanogaster. Development 107:389-405.
20. Huber F (1955) Sitz und bedeutung nervöser zentren für instinkthandlungen beim männchen von Gryllus campestris. Z Tierpsychol 12:12-48.
21. Ito H, Fujitani K, Usui K, Shimizu-Nishikuwa K, Tanaka S, Yamamoto D (1996) Sexual orientation in Drosophila is altered by the satori mutation in the sex-determination gene fruitless that encodes a zinc finger protein with a BTB domain, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 93:9687-9692.
22. Ito K, Sass H, Urban J, Hofbauer A, Schneuwly S (1997) GAL4-responsive UAS-tau as a tool for studying anatomy and development of the Drosophila central nervous system. Cell Tissue Res, 290:1-10.
23. Jallon J-M (1984) A few chemical words exchanged by Drosophila during courtship. Behav Genet 14:441-478.
24. Lindsley DL, Zimm GG (1992) The genome of Drosophila melanogaster, London: Academic.
25. Meller VH, Wu KH, Roman G, Kuroda MI, Davis RL (1997) roX1 RNA paints the X chromosome of male Drosophila and is regulated by the dosage compensation system. Cell 88:445-457.
26. Nayak SV, Singh RN (1983) Sensilla on the tarsal segments and mouthparts of adult Drosophila melanogaster Meigen (Diptera: Drosophilidae). Int J Insect Morphol Embryol 12:273-291.
27. Nayak SV, Singh RN (1985) Primary sensory projections from the labella to the brain of Drosophila melanogaster Meigen (Diptera: Drosophilidae). Int J Insect Morphol Embryol 14:115-129.
28. Nottebohm E, Dambly-Chaudière C, Ghysen A (1992) Connectivity of chemosensory neurons is controlled by the gene poxn in Drosophila. Nature 359:829-832.
29. O'Dell KMC, Armstrong JD, Yang MY, Kaiser K (1995) Functional dissection of the Drosophila mushroom bodies by selective feminization of genetically defined subcompanments. Neuron 15:55-61.
30. Possidente DR, Murphey RK (1989) Genetic control of sexually dimorphic axon morphology in Drosophila sensory neurons. Dev Biol 132:448-457.
31. Ray K, Hartenstein V, Rodrigues V (1993) Development of the taste bristles on the labellum of Drosophila. Dev Biol 155:26-37.
32. Reuter G, Gausz J, Gyurkovics H, Friede B, Bang R, Spierer A, Hall LMC, Spierer P (1987) Modifiers of position-effect variegation in the region from 86C to 88B of the Drosophila melanogaster third chromosome. Mol Gen Genet 210:429-436.
33. Ryner LC, Goodwin SF, Castrillon DH, Anand A, Villella A, Baker BS, Hall JC, Taylor BJ, Wasserman SA (1996) Control of male sexual behavior and sexual orientation in Drosophila by the fruitless gene. Cell 87:1079-1089.
34. Shanbhag SR, Singh K, Singh RN (1995) Fine structure and primary sensory projections of sensilla located in the sacculus of the antenna of Drosophila melanogaster. Cell Tissue Res 282:237-249.
35. Singh RN, Nayak S (1985) Fine structure and primary sensory projections of sensilla on the maxillary palp of Drosophila malanogaster Meigen (Diptera: Drosophilidae). Int J Insect Morphol Embryol 14:291-306.
36. Smith DP, Shieh B-H, Zuker CS (1990) Isolation and structure of an arrestin gene from Drosophila. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 87:1003-1007.
37. Stocker RF (1994) The organization of the chemosensory system in Drosophila melanogaster: a review. Cell Tissue Res 275:3-26.
38. Stocker RF, Schorderet M (1981) Cobalt filling of sensory projections from internal and external mouthparts in Drosophila. Cell Tissue Res 216:513-523.
39. Sturtevant AH (1915) Experiments in sexual recognition and the problems of sexual selection in Drosophila. J Anim Behav 5:351-366.
40. Sturtevant AH (1945) A gene in Drosophila melanogaster that transforms females into males. Genetics 30:297-299.
41. Taylor BJ, Villella A, Ryner LC, Baker BS, Hall JC (1994) Behavioral and neurobiological implications of sex-determining factors in Drosophila. Dev Genet 15:275-296.
42. Technau G (1984) Fiber growth and decay in the mushroom bodies of adult Drosophila melanogaster as a function of age and environmental stimulation. J Neurogenet 1:113-126.
43. Tompkins L, Hall JC (1983) Identification of brain sites controlling female receptivity in mosaics of Drosophila metanogastar. Genetics 103:179-195.
44. Tompkins L, McRobert SP (1989) Regulation of behavioral aspects of sex determination in Drosophila melanogaster by the Sex-lethal gene. Genetics 123:535-541.
45. Tompkins L, McRobert SP (1995) Behavioral and pheromonal phenotypes associated with expression of loss-of-function mutations in the Sex-lethal gene of Drosophila melanogaster. J Neurogenet 9:219-226.
46. Tompkins L, Gross A, Hall JC, Gailey DA, Siegel RW (1982) The role of female movement in the sexual behavior of Drosophila melanogaster. Behav Genet 12:295-307.
47. Venard R, Antony C, Jallon J-M (1989) Drosophila chemoreceptors. In: Neurobiology of sensory systems (Singh RN, Strausfeld JS, eds), pp 377-385. New York: Plenum.
48. Villella A, Hall JC (1996) Courtship anomalies caused by doublesex mutations in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics 143:333-344.
49. Villella A, Gailey DA, Berwald D, Ohshima S, Barnes PT, Hall JC (1997) Extended reproductive roles of the fruitless gene in Drosophila melanogaster revealed by behavioral analysis of new fru mutants. Genetics 147:1107-1130.
50. von Schilcher F, Hall JC (1979) Neural topography of courtship song in sex mosaics of Drosophila melanogaster. J Comp Physiol [A] 129:85-95.
51. Wadepuhl M, Huber F (1979) Elicitation of singing and courtship movements by electrical stimulation of the brain of the grasshopper. Naturwissenschaften 66:320.
52. Yin Hing AL, Carlson J R (1996) Male-male courtship behavior induced by ectopic expression of the Drosophila white gene: role of sensory function and age. J Neurobiol 30:454-464.
53. Zhang S-D, Odenwald WF (1995) Misexpression of white (w) gene triggers male-male courtship in Drosophila. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 92:5525-5529
54. Zuker CS, Cowan AF, Rubin GM (1985) Isolation and structure of a rhodopsin gene from Drosophila. Cell 40:851-858.