Drosophila male courtship behavior is modulated by ecdysteroids

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1179-1184

  Ganter, G K ^a   Panaitiu, A E ^a   Desilets, J B ^a   Davis Heim, J A ^a   Fisher, E A ^a   Tan, L C H ^a   Heinrich, R ^b   Buchanan, E B ^a   Brooks, K M ^a   Kenney, M T ^a   Verde, M G ^a   Downey, J ^a   Adams, A M ^a   Grenier, J S ^a   Maddula, S ^a   Shah, P ^a   Kincaid, K M ^a   O'Brien, J R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bisexual; Courtship; Ecdysone; Male male; Neuroactive; Preference

Indexed keywords

ECDYSTEROID;

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COURTSHIP; FLY; MALE BEHAVIOR; PROBABILITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ECDYSTEROIDS; FEMALE; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 80052262540     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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