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Revisited Roles of Drosophila Female Pheromones

Jean-françois FerveurBenjamin HouotFabrice Marcillac

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MaleGenotypePhysiologymedia_common.quotation_subjectObservation periodChoice BehaviorModels BiologicalPheromonesCourtshipAndrologyAnimals Genetically ModifiedBehavioral NeuroscienceSexual Behavior AnimalSpecies SpecificityPhysiology (medical)BotanyMelanogasterAnimalsMatingMauritianaDrosophilamedia_commonbiologyStrain (chemistry)biology.organism_classificationSensory SystemsHydrocarbonsAlkadienesSmellDrosophila melanogasterSex pheromoneFemale

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All tests involved a pair of 5-day-old male and female (intact or decapitated) flies. Females were ‘homotypic’ (same species and strain as the tested male: D. melanogaster, Cs strain; D. mauritiana, 163.1 strain; D. simulans, Seychelles strain), ‘desat1 non-perfumed’ (D. melanogaster desat1 mutant), ‘perfumed’ (desat1 with transfer of Cs females pheromones), or ‘Cs’ (D. melanogaster control strain). Data shown are the frequencies of courtship (with both intact and decapitated females) and of mating (with intact females), within a 1 h observation period and were calculated from the total number of tested pairs (shown in brackets). D. mauritiana males courted (χ2 = 16.81, P < 0.001) and mated (χ2 = 8.83, P < 0.01) more frequently with intact desat1 non

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2005-03-02
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00451235