Control of male sexual behavior in Drosophila by the sex determination pathway.

Journal article

Understanding how genes influence behavior, including sexuality, is one of biology's greatest challenges. Much of the recent progress in understanding how single genes can influence behavior has come from the study of innate behaviors in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. In particular, the elaborate courtship ritual performed by the male fly has provided remarkable insights into how the neural circuitry underlying sexual behavior--which is largely innate in flies--is built into the nervo...

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Authors: Billeter, J; Rideout, E; Dornan, A; Goodwin, S

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Current biology : CB
• Volume: 16
• Issue: 17
• Pages: R766-R776
• Publication date: 2006-09-01
• DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.08.025
• EISSN: 1879-0445
• ISSN: 0960-9822
• Language: English
• Keywords: Nerve Tissue Proteins; Sex Determination Processes; Transcription Factors; Animals; Brain; Drosophila melanogaster; Male; DNA-Binding Proteins; Drosophila Proteins; Biological Evolution; Sexual Behavior, Animal