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Modification of Male Courtship Motivation by Olfactory Habituation via the GABA(A) Receptor in Drosophila melanogaster

A male-specific component, 11-cis-vaccenyl acetate (cVA) works as an anti-aphrodisiac pheromone in Drosophila melanogaster. The presence of cVA on a male suppresses the courtship motivation of other males and contributes to suppression of male-male homosexual courtship, while the absence of cVA on a...

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Autores principales: Tachibana, Shin-Ichiro, Touhara, Kazushige, Ejima, Aki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4529276/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26252206
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0135186