Willing and Able: The Coordination between Sexual Displays and Fertility.
In insects, the role of reproductive hormones in coordinating fertility with mating activity is unclear. In this issue of Neuron, Lin et al. (2016) describe a mechanism in which juvenile hormone regulates courtship advantage of older Drosophila males by elevating the pheromone sensitivity of Or47b olfactory circuitry.
Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme, Champalimaud Center for the Unknown, 1400-038 Lisbon, Portugal.
Márcia M
MM
Aranha
Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme, Champalimaud Center for the Unknown, 1400-038 Lisbon, Portugal. Electronic address: maria.vasconcelos@neuro.fchampalimaud.org.
Maria Luísa
ML
Vasconcelos
D000818:Animals; D008297:Male; D003380:Courtship; D004330:Drosophila; D005298:Fertility; D007605:Juvenile Hormones; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal
D007605:Juvenile Hormones
Or47b; juvenile hormone; male courtship; pheromone; sexual maturation