Feminizing cholinergic neurons in a male Drosophila nervous system enhances aggression

Fly

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 179-184

  Mundiyanapurath, Sibu ^a   Chan, Yick Bun ^b   Leung, Adelaine K W ^b   Kravitz, Edward A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Cholinergic neurons; Drosophila; Feminization; Transformer

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CELL MOTION; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPORTER GENE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL MOVEMENT; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENES, REPORTER; MALE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 69249191797     PISSN: 19336934     EISSN: 19336942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/fly.3.3.8989     Document Type: Article

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