Drosophila female precopulatory behavior is modulated by ecdysteroids

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 413-419

  Ganter, G K ^a   Desilets, J B ^a   Davis Knowlton, J A ^a   Panaitiu, A E ^a   Sweezy, M ^b   Sungail, J ^a   Tan, L C H ^a   Adams, A M ^a   Fisher, E A ^a   O'Brien, J R M ^a   Kincaid, K M ^a   Heinrich, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAINT JOSEPH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Courtship; Ecdysone; Full ovipositor extrusion; Neuroactive; Sex determination hierarchy

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; ECDYSONE RECEPTOR; ECDYSONELESS PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; ECDYSTEROID; STEROID RECEPTOR;

COPULATION; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; FLY; OVIPOSITION; SEX HORMONE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ECDYSTEROIDS; FEMALE; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; MALE; RECEPTORS, STEROID; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84857789123     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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