Identification of an aggression-promoting pheromone and its receptor neurons in Drosophila

Nature

Volumn 463, Issue 7278, 2010, Pages 227-231

  Wang, Liming ^a   Anderson, David J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; PHEROMONE RECEPTOR;

AGGRESSION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLY; GENE EXPRESSION; PHEROMONE; POPULATION DENSITY; SENSORY SYSTEM;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENETIC MANIPULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SENSORY NEURON; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

ACETATES; AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; MALE; OLEIC ACIDS; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; PHEROMONES; POPULATION DENSITY; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILIDAE;

EID: 74449084647     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08678     Document Type: Article

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