Fruitless is in the regulatory pathway by which ectopic mini-white and transformer induce bisexual courtship in Drosophila

Journal of Neurogenetics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 213-232

  Nilsson, Eric E ^a,c   Asztalos, Zoltan ^a,d   Lukacsovich, Tamas ^a   Awano, Wakae ^a   Usui Aoki, Kazue ^a   Yamamoto, Daisuke ^a,b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioral mutant; Drosophila melanogaster; Sex determination; Sexual orientation; Transgenic courtship

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX TRANSFORMATION;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0034008128     PISSN: 01677063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01677060009084495     Document Type: Article

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