title: Fly courtship song: triggering the light fantastic.
abstract: In a study in this issue, Clyne and Miesenböck (2008) apply an ingenious optogenetic technology to activate neurons that generate male-specific courtship song in flies. This work sheds new light on the neural circuitry underlying sexually dimorphic behaviors in Drosophila.
authors.affiliation: IBLS Division of Molecular Genetics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G11 6NU, UK.
authors.forename: Anthony J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Dornan
authors.forename: Stephen F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Goodwin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D008027:Light; D008297:Male; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal; D014921:Wings, Animal