Courtship in Drosophila mosaics: sex-specific foci for sequential action patterns.
AUTOR(ES)
Hotta, Y
RESUMO
Mosaic fate mapping is used to locate the foci determining sex-specific steps in the mating behavior of Drosophila. Male performance of following females and displaying wing vibration toward them requires that a focus inside the head be constituted of male tissue, regardless of the sex of the head sense organs, the legs, the wings, or the thoracic ganglion. For attempted copulation to occur, a second focus in the thoracic region must also be male. Courtship by males is induced by a posteriorly located focus in the female, but an anterior female focus determines receptivity to attempted copulation. The interplay of male and female foci in the complex behavioral sequence is delineated.
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