Multimodal sensory integration of courtship stimulating cues in Drosophila melanogaster.
Mechanisms for identifying appropriate mating partners are required for any species to survive. In many types of animals, males employ multiple sensory modalities to initially search for females and to subsequently determine if they are fit and/or receptive. In this paper we will detail the multiple types of sensory information that are used to initiate and drive courtship in Drosophila melanogaster and discuss the importance of context in the interpretation of chemosensory cues. We find that food-related olfactory cues increase the salience of the aversive pheromone cis-vaccenyl acetate.
Griffith
Leslie C
LC
Department of Biology, National Center for Behavioral Genomics and Volen Center for Complex Systems, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02493, USA. griffith@brandeis.edu
Ejima
Aki
A
D000818:Animals; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D012724:Sex Attractants / Q000502:physiology; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal
D012724:Sex Attractants
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