Developmental neuroscience: Building sex-specific adult circuitry from common larval origins

Alexandra Venuto; Christa A Baker

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2024.02.064

Developmental neuroscience: Building sex-specific adult circuitry from common larval origins

Curr Biol. 2024 Apr 8;34(7):R288-R291. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.02.064.

Authors

Alexandra Venuto¹, Christa A Baker²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA.
² Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA. Electronic address: cbaker5@ncsu.edu.

PMID: 38593775
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.02.064

Abstract

The development of sex-specific neural circuitry is critical for reproductive behaviors. A new study traces the developmental origin of female-specific neurons that underlie an adult mating behavior to larval neurons common to both sexes in Drosophila.

MeSH terms

Animals
Drosophila Proteins*
Drosophila melanogaster / physiology
Drosophila* / physiology
Female
Larva
Male
Neurons / physiology
Sexual Behavior, Animal / physiology

Substances

Drosophila Proteins