title: Neurogenetics: sex and the female brain.
abstract: Male flies put on a multimedia show during courtship involving dance, song, perfume and even vibrations; if a female likes it, she pauses to let him know. Recent studies shed new light on how development and experience contribute to neural mechanisms of female sexual receptivity.
authors.affiliation: Behavioural Biology, Centre for Behaviour and Neurosciences, PO Box 11103, University of Groningen, Groningen, 9700 CC, The Netherlands. Electronic address: j.c.billeter@rug.nl.
authors.forename: Jean-Christophe
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Billeter
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Toronto at Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Road, Mississauga, ON, L5L 1C6, Canada. Electronic address: jlevmail@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Joel D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Levine
mesh_terms: D000819:Animal Communication; D000818:Animals; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*