The reproductive biology of Drosophila melanogaster is described and critically discussed,
primarily with regard to genetic studies of sex‐specific behavior and its neural …

Understanding how genes influence behavior, including sexuality, is one of biology's
greatest challenges. Much of the recent progress in understanding how single genes can …

The mushroom body is required for a variety of behaviors of Drosophila melanogaster.
Different types of intrinsic and extrinsic mushroom body neurons might underlie its functional …

Background How the central nervous system (CNS) develops to implement innate behaviors
remains largely unknown. Drosophila male sexual behavior has long been used as a model …

In mammals, fat store levels are communicated by leptin and insulin signaling to brain
centers that regulate food intake and metabolism. By using transgenic manipulation of …

Transgenic manipulation of subsets of brain cells is increasingly used for studying behaviors
and their underlying neural circuits. In Drosophila, the GAL4–u pstream a ctivating s …

Detection of specific female pheromones stimulates courtship behavior in Drosophila
melanogaster males, but the chemosensory molecules, cells, and mechanisms involved …

As in many species, gustatory pheromones regulate the mating behavior of Drosophila.
Recently, several ppk genes, encoding ion channel subunits of the DEG/ENaC family, have …

In Drosophila melanogaster, as in many other animals, courtship is a series of stereotypical
behaviors carried out by a male responding to multimodal signals. Because different …

Background Selective attention and memory seem to be related in human experience. This
appears to be the case as well in simple model organisms such as the fly Drosophila …