Drosophila female courtship and mating behaviors: Sensory signals, genes, neural structures and evolution

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 764-769

  Ferveur, Jean François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; RECEPTOR PROTEIN;

CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; COPULATION; COURTSHIP; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENDER IDENTITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HETEROSEXUALITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MATE CHOICE; MATING; MATING SUCCESS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; OLFACTORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COURTSHIP; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 78651433979     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2010.09.007     Document Type: Review

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