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Curr Biol

Title:		Courtship behavior: the right touch stimulates the proper song
Author(s):		Han KA; Kim YC;
Address:		"Department of Biological Sciences, Border Biomedical Research Center, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, USA. khan@utep.edu"
Journal Title:		Curr Biol
Year:		2010
Volume:		20
Issue:		1
Page Number:		R25 - R28
DOI:		10.1016/j.cub.2009.11.060
ISSN/ISBN:		1879-0445 (Electronic) 0960-9822 (Linking)
Abstract:		Male fruit flies touch females during courtship. A new study finds that pheromone input received through the male's foreleg allows him to generate the courtship song appealing to female flies. This activity involves sexually dimorphic fruitless-expressing neurons in the brain
Keywords:		"Animals Drosophila Proteins/genetics/physiology Drosophila melanogaster/genetics/*physiology Female Genes, Insect Male Mutation Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics/physiology Neurons/physiology Sex Attractants/physiology Sexual Behavior, Animal/*physiology Tou;"
Notes:		"MedlineHan, Kyung-An Kim, Young-Cho eng Comment England 2010/02/16 Curr Biol. 2010 Jan 12; 20(1):R25-8. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.11.060"