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Courtship Behavior: The Right Touch Stimulates the Proper Song

Current Biology
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.11.060
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Male fruit flies touch females during courtship. A new study finds that pheromone input received through the male's foreleg allows him to generate the courtship song appealing to female flies. This activity involves sexually dimorphic fruitless-expressing neurons in the brain. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Han, K. A., & Kim, Y. C. (2010, January 12). Courtship Behavior: The Right Touch Stimulates the Proper Song. Current Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2009.11.060

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