Neurogenetics: short-circuiting sexually dimorphic behaviors.
It is clear that male and female animals behave differently, but how do those differences arise? New studies show that there are extensive, sex-specific differences in the anatomy of neurons that underlie reproductive behaviors in Drosophila.
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Michelle
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Department of Molecular & Computational Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA. arbeitma@usc.edu
Winbush
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