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- Title
Increased Male–Male Courtship in Ecdysone Receptor Deficient Adult Flies.
- Authors
Ganter, Geoffrey; Walton, Kelsey; Merriman, Jacob; Salmon, Mark; Brooks, Krista; Maddula, Swathi; Kravitz, Edward
- Abstract
Male–male courtship is infrequent among mature adult Drosophila melanogaster. After pairs of mature adult males expressing a temperature-sensitive allele of the ecdysone receptor (EcR) gene were treated at a restrictive temperature, however, they engaged in elevated levels of male–male courtship. EcR-deficient males courted wildtype males and females, but were not courted by wildtype males. These results suggest that the ecdysone steroid hormone system may have a role in courtship initiation by adult male fruit flies.
- Subjects
FLIES; COURTSHIP; ECDYSONE; MALES; STEROID hormones
- Publication
Behavior Genetics, 2007, Vol 37, Issue 3, p507
- ISSN
0001-8244
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10519-006-9140-1