Is mate choice in Drosophila males guided by olfactory or gustatory pheromones?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1135-1146

  Everaerts, Claude ^a   Lacaille, Fabien ^a   Ferveur, Jean François ^a  

^a CENTRE DES SCIENCES DU GOÛT ET DE L ALIMENTATION   (France)

Author keywords

courtship; cuticular hydrocarbon; discrimination; Drosophila melanogaster; mate choice; olfaction; sex pheromone; taste

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CUE; CHEMORECEPTION; FLY; MATE CHOICE; OLFACTORY CUE; PERCEPTION; SEX PHEROMONE; TASTE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 77950867751     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.02.013     Document Type: Article

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