A fruitless sexual switch
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Control of Male Sexual Behavior and Sexual Orientation in Drosophila by the fruitless Gene
Sexual orientation and courtship behavior in Drosophila are regulated by fruitless (fru), the first gene in a branch of the sex-determination hierarchy functioning specifically in the central nervous system (CNS). The phenotypes of new fru mutants encompass nearly all aspects of male sexual behavior. Alternative splicing of fru transcripts produces sex-specific proteins belonging to the BTB-ZF ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature Reviews Neuroscience
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1471-003X,1471-0048
DOI: 10.1038/nrn3290