An inhibitory sex pheromone tastes bitter for Drosophila males

Sexual behavior requires animals to distinguish between the sexes and to respond appropriately to each of them. In Drosophila melanogaster, as in many insects, cuticular hydrocarbons are thought to be involved in sex recognition and in mating behavior, but there is no direct neuronal evidence of the...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 2; no. 7; p. e661
Main Authors:	Lacaille, Fabien, Hiroi, Makoto, Twele, Robert, Inoshita, Tsuyoshi, Umemoto, Daisuke, Manière, Gérard, Marion-Poll, Frédéric, Ozaki, Mamiko, Francke, Wittko, Cobb, Matthew, Everaerts, Claude, Tanimura, Teiichi, Ferveur, Jean-François
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 15-08-2007 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Animal behavior Animal biology Animals Apidae Biology Bitter taste Bombus Caffeine Caffeine - pharmacology Courtship Cuticular hydrocarbons Development Biology Drosophila Drosophila melanogaster Drosophila melanogaster - genetics Drosophila melanogaster - physiology Ecology/Behavioral Ecology Evolutionary Biology/Animal Behavior Evolutionary Biology/Sexual Behavior Genotype Homosexuality, Male Hydrocarbons Hymenoptera Insects Labial palps Life Sciences Lighting Male Males Mating behavior Neurons Neurons - drug effects Neurons - physiology Neuroscience/Behavioral Neuroscience Organic chemistry Pheromones Physiology/Sensory Systems Proteins Rodents Sex Sex Attractants - metabolism Sex Characteristics Sex pheromone Sexual behavior Sexual Behavior, Animal - drug effects Sexual Behavior, Animal - physiology Stimuli Studies Taste - drug effects Taste - physiology
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