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SUBMITTER: Yang CH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2748846 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yang Chung-Hui CH Rumpf Sebastian S Xiang Yang Y Gordon Michael D MD Song Wei W Jan Lily Y LY Jan Yuh-Nung YN
Neuron 20090201 4
Mating induces changes in the receptivity and egg-laying behavior in Drosophila females, primarily due to a peptide pheromone called sex peptide which is transferred with the sperm into the female reproductive tract during copulation. Whereas sex peptide is generally believed to modulate fruitless-GAL4-expressing neurons in the central nervous system to produce behavioral changes, we found that six to eight sensory neurons on the reproductive tract labeled by both ppk-GAL4 and fruitless-GAL4 can ...[more]