Abstract
Drosophila male courtship offers a unique experimental system to uncover the molecular and neural basis of genetically preprogrammed behavior. In this issue of Cell, Demir and Dickson (2005) and Stockinger et al. (2005) demonstrate that this behavior relies on a single splicing of the fruitless transcript, and on a specific olfactory-based neuronal circuit.
MeSH terms
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Alternative Splicing*
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Animals
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Drosophila Proteins / genetics*
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Drosophila Proteins / metabolism
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Drosophila melanogaster / genetics*
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Male
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Nerve Tissue Proteins / genetics*
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Nerve Tissue Proteins / metabolism
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Neurons / metabolism
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Sexual Behavior, Animal*
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Transcription Factors / genetics*
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Transcription Factors / metabolism
Substances
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Drosophila Proteins
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Nerve Tissue Proteins
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Transcription Factors
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fru protein, Drosophila