Role of cell death in the formation of sexual dimorphism in the Drosophila central nervous system

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 236-244

  Kimura, Ken Ichi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Courtship behavior; Doublesex; Drosophila; Fruitless; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CELL DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COURTSHIP; DOUBLESEX GENE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FRUITLESS GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; METAMORPHOSIS; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 79951848713     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: 1440169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169X.2010.01223.x     Document Type: Review

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