Invertebrate neuroethology: food play and sex

Carolina Rezával; Caroline C G Fabre; Stephen F Goodwin

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2011.10.025

Invertebrate neuroethology: food play and sex

Curr Biol. 2011 Dec 6;21(23):R960-2. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.10.025. Epub 2011 Dec 5.

Authors

Carolina Rezával¹, Caroline C G Fabre, Stephen F Goodwin

Affiliation

¹ Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Sherrington Building, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PT, UK.

PMID: 22153166
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.10.025

Abstract

How do animals perceive their environment and make appropriate behavioral choices based on those perceptions? New data have uncovered a novel sensory pathway that promotes Drosophila male courtship behavior in response to food.

MeSH terms

Animals
Drosophila Proteins / metabolism
Drosophila melanogaster / physiology*
Food*
Male
Models, Biological*
Nerve Tissue Proteins / metabolism
Sexual Behavior, Animal / physiology*
Smell / physiology*
Transcription Factors / metabolism

Substances

Drosophila Proteins
Nerve Tissue Proteins
Transcription Factors
fru protein, Drosophila