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SUBMITTER: Tayler TD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3528491 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tayler Timothy D TD Pacheco Diego A DA Hergarden Anne C AC Murthy Mala M Anderson David J DJ
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20121128 50
Innate behaviors are often executed in concert with accompanying physiological programs. How this coordination is achieved is poorly understood. Mating behavior and the transfer of sperm and seminal fluid (SSFT) provide a model for understanding how concerted behavioral and physiological programs are coordinated. Here we identify a male-specific neural pathway that coordinates the timing of SSFT with the duration of copulation behavior in Drosophila. Silencing four abdominal ganglion (AG) intern ...[more]