Vosshall Leslie B
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Behavior, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, Box 63, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Neuron. 2008 Sep 11;59(5):685-9. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2008.08.014.
Sexual courtship is a highly ritualized behavior in many animals. Recent work in the vinegar fly, Drosophila melanogaster, has illuminated how the pheromone cis-vaccenyl acetate modulates sexual behavior in the fly. Chemosensory receptors and a sexually dimorphic circuit activated by this pheromone have been identified. This minireview highlights recent advances in the field of fly courtship.
在许多动物中,求偶行为是一种高度程式化的行为。最近对黑腹果蝇的研究揭示了信息素顺式乙酸vaccenyl如何调节果蝇的性行为。已经鉴定出由这种信息素激活的化学感应受体和一个性别二态性回路。这篇综述强调了果蝇求偶领域的最新进展。