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SUBMITTER: Jois S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6026680 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jois Shreyas S Chan Yick Bun YB Fernandez Maria Paz MP Leung Adelaine Kwun-Wai AK
Frontiers in physiology 20180625
Male courtship in <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i> is a sexually dimorphic innate behavior that is hardwired in the nervous system. Understanding the neural mechanism of courtship behavior requires the anatomical and functional characterization of all the neurons involved. Courtship involves a series of distinctive behavioral patterns, culminating in the final copulation step, where sperms from the male are transferred to the female. The duration of this process is tightly controlled by multiple g ...[more]