Light dependent courtship behavior in Drosophila simulans and D. melanogaster.

ABSTRACT: Differences in courtship signals and perception are well-known among Drosophila species. One such described difference is the dependency on light, and thus presumably vision, for copulation success. Many studies have described a difference in light-dependent copulation success between D. melanogaster and D. simulans, identifying D. simulans as a light-dependent species, and D. melanogaster as a light-independent one. However, many of these studies use assays of varying design and few strains to represent the entire species. Here, we attempt to better characterize this purported difference using 11 strains of each species, paired by collection location, in behavioral assays conducted at two different exposure times. We show that, while there is a species-w

SUBMITTER: Shahandeh MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7369021 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature