Courtship Behavior of Brain Mosaics in Drosophila

Authors :: Jean-François Ferveur
Ralph J. Greenspan
Développement et Communication Chimique chez les Insectes ( DCCI )
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -Université de Bourgogne ( UB ) -AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement
Delon, Viviane
Source :: J Neurogenet, J Neurogenet, 1998, 12 (4), pp.205-26
Publication Year :: 1998
Publisher :: Informa UK Limited, 1998.
Abstract: 0167-7063 (Print) Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Sites in the brain that show functional, sexual dimorphism in courtship behavior have been mapped at high resolution in male/female mosaics of Drosophila melanogaster. The sex mosaics were produced by enhancer-trap expression of GAL4 driving the female-spliced form of the transformer gene (tra), revealing sites in the dorsal brain, lateral protocerebrum, suboesophageal, thoracic and abdominal ganglia, and suggesting the importance of cross-talk between these regions in the implementation of the courtship sequence.