Increased Male–Male Courtship in Ecdysone Receptor Deficient Adult Flies
- 20 January 2007
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Behavior Genetics
- Vol. 37 (3) , 507-512
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10519-006-9140-1
Abstract
Male–male courtship is infrequent among mature adult Drosophila melanogaster. After pairs of mature adult males expressing a temperature-sensitive allele of the ecdysone receptor (EcR) gene were treated at a restrictive temperature, however, they engaged in elevated levels of male–male courtship. EcR-deficient males courted wildtype males and females, but were not courted by wildtype males. These results suggest that the ecdysone steroid hormone system may have a role in courtship initiation by adult male fruit flies.Keywords
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