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7619530

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-8-25
pubmed:abstractText
Relatively little is known about the neural circuitry underlying sex-specific behaviors. We have expressed the feminizing gene transformer in genetically defined subregions of the brain of male Drosophila, and in particular within different domains of the mushroom bodies. Mushroom bodies are phylogenetically conserved insect brain centers implicated in associative learning and various other aspects of behavior. Expression of transformer in lines that mark certain subsets of mushroom body intrinsic neurons, and in a line that marks a component of the antennal lobe, causes males to exhibit nondiscriminatory sexual behavior: they court mature males in addition to females. Expression of transformer in other mushroom body domains, and in control lines, has no such effect. Our data support the view that genetically defined subsets of mushroom body intrinsic neurons perform different functional roles.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0896-6273
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:geneSymbol
tra
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
55-61
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-8-25
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Functional dissection of the Drosophila mushroom bodies by selective feminization of genetically defined subcompartments.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Genetics, University of Glasgow, Scotland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't