Fly courtship song: triggering the light fantastic.
In a study in this issue, Clyne and Miesenböck (2008) apply an ingenious optogenetic technology to activate neurons that generate male-specific courtship song in flies. This work sheds new light on the neural circuitry underlying sexually dimorphic behaviors in Drosophila.
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2008
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