Identification of stimuli that mediate experience-dependent modification of homosexual courtship inDrosophila melanogaster |
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Authors: | Lydia J. Vaias Lisa M. Napolitano Laurie Tompkins |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Biology, Temple University, 19122 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Abstract: | A naive, sexually matureD. melanogaster male tested with a young, sexually immature male will perform vigorous courtship, but the mature male will perform much less courtship if he is subsequently tested with a second young male. This phenomenon is called experience-dependent courtship modification (EDCM). We have shown that exposure to either or both of the two courtship-stimulating pheromones that immature males synthesize is sufficient to induce EDCM. |
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Keywords: | Drosophila melanogaster sex pheromone courtship homosexuality behavioral plasticity |
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