Increased male-male courtship in ecdysone receptor deficient adult flies

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 507-512

  Ganter, Geoffrey K ^a   Walton, Kelsey L ^a   Merriman, Jacob O ^a   Salmon, Mark V ^a   Brooks, Krista M ^a   Maddula, Swathi ^a   Kravitz, Edward A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisexual; Courtship; Drosophila; Ecdysteroid; Receptor

Indexed keywords

ECDYSONE RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; COURTSHIP; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSSES, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; RECEPTORS, STEROID; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 34247132247     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-006-9140-1     Document Type: Article

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