Systems behavior: Of male courtship, the nervous system and beyond in Drosophila

Current Genomics

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 517-524

  Dauwalder, B ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Courtship; Doublesex; Drosophila; Fat body; Fruitless; Sex determination; Takeout

Indexed keywords

DOUBLESEX PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; FRUITLESS PROTEIN; PROTEIN DSX; PROTEIN FRU; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COURTSHIP; DOUBLESEX GENE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FAT BODY; FRUITLESS GENE; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; INSECT GENETICS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 65949085142     PISSN: 13892029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920208786847980     Document Type: Review

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