Molecular and neuronal mechanisms governing sexually dimorphic prioritization of innate behaviors
Xinyu Jiang,
Mingze Ma,
Mengshi Sun
et al.
Abstract:Males and females display dimorphic innate behaviors and further prioritize them differently. How the sexually dimorphic behavioral prioritization is mediated is poorly understood. InDrosophila, around 60 pairs of pC1 neurons in males and 6 pairs in females control sexually dimorphic behaviors. We show that an increase of pC1 activity determines the sequential execution of behaviors such as sex, aggression, sleep, and feeding in a sex-specific way. We identify distinct subsets of pC1 neurons in both males and … Show more
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