Behavioural genetics - Sex, flies and acetate

被引:5
作者
Kyriacou, Charalambos P. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Leicester, Dept Genet, Leicester LE1 7RH, Leics, England
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D O I
10.1038/446502a
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
A receptor molecule in the fruitfly Drosophila melanogaster responds to a male pheromone in both sexes. But the effect of this response on sexual behaviour is not the same in males and females.
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