Auditory experience controls the maturation of song discrimination and sexual response in Drosophila

In birds and higher mammals, auditory experience during development is critical to discriminate sound patterns in adulthood. However, the neural and molecular nature of this acquired ability remains elusive. In fruit flies, acoustic perception has been thought to be innate. Here we report, surprisin...

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Main Authors: Xiaodong Li, Hiroshi Ishimoto, Azusa Kamikouchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2018-03-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/34348