Replenishment of Drosophila Male Pheromone After Mating
Jean-François Ferveur,
Jérôme Cortot,
Bernard Moussian
et al.
Abstract:Insects exocrine gland products can be involved in sexual communication, defense, territory labelling, aggregation and alarm. In the vinegar y Drosophila melanogaster the ejaculatory bulb synthesizes and releases 11-cis-Vaccenyl acetate (cVa). This pheromone, transferred to the female during copulation, affects aggregation, courtship and male-male aggressive behaviors. To determine the time-course of cVa replenishment, males of a control laboratory strain and from the desat1 pheromone-defective mutant strain w… Show more
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