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Female-specific myoinhibitory peptide neurons regulate mating receptivity in Drosophila melanogaster

Upon mating, fruit fly females become refractory to further mating for several days. An ejaculate protein called sex peptide (SP) acts on uterine neurons to trigger this behavioural change, but it is still unclear how the SP signal modifies the mating decision. Here we describe two groups of female-...

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Autores principales: Jang, Yong-Hoon, Chae, Hyo-Seok, Kim, Young-Joon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5696375/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29158481
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01794-9