Sexual behaviour: Courting dissatisfaction.
A nuclear receptor, the product of the dissatisfaction gene, has been found to regulate Drosophila sexual behaviour, probably via its action in a small subset of neurons. The results shed new light on the genetic determination of sexual behaviour.
O'Kane
C J
CJ
Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EH, UK.
Asztalos
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D000818:Animals; D004330:Drosophila / Q000235:genetics*; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D010641:Phenotype; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000235:genetics; D019849:Sex Determination Processes; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal
D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; C116600:dsf protein, Drosophila