Feminization of pheromone-sensing neurons affects mating decisions in Drosophila males

Biology Open

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 152-160

  Lu, Beika ^a   Zelle, Kathleen M ^a   Seltzer, Raya ^b   Hefetz, Abraham ^b   Ben Shahar, Yehuda ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Courtship; DEG; ENaC; Fruit fly; Poxn; Ppk23; Transformer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979021749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20466390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/bio.20147369     Document Type: Article

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