Can You Hear Me Now?

Erin L Barnhart; Thomas R Clandinin

doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2016.01.030

Can You Hear Me Now?

Neuron. 2016 Feb 3;89(3):425-7. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2016.01.030.

Authors

Erin L Barnhart¹, Thomas R Clandinin²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurobiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
² Department of Neurobiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. Electronic address: trc@stanford.edu.

PMID: 26844825
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2016.01.030

Abstract

Auditory communication is central to the social interactions of many animals. In fruit flies, males sing to court females. Coen et al. (2016) demonstrate that males can dynamically adjust the loudness of their songs according to the distance to a female.

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MeSH terms

Animal Communication*
Animals
Drosophila melanogaster / physiology*
Sexual Behavior, Animal*
Videotape Recording / instrumentation*