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CONTROL OF MALE REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR BY THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM OF DROSOPHILA: DISSECTION OF A COURTSHIP PATHWAY BY GENETIC MOSAICS
Jeffrey C. Hall 1
1 Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02254
In gynandromorphs of Drosophila, a detailed examination was made of the association between male courtship behavior and the chromosomal genotype of various parts of the central nervous system. Mosaic flies that behave as males repeatedly show a shorter courtship than normal males. If there is to be male behavior, the posterior dorsal brain must be haplo-X on at least one side for occurrence of the early courtship events. tapping, following of females and wing extension. Licking (proboscis extension) has nearly the same focus but is submissive; that is, male tissue must be present in both left and right dorsal brain. The next courtship step, attempted copulation, has a focus (especially for actual genital contact) located in the thoracic ganglia, though apparently not in a discrete region. Attempted copulation, which can occur even in mosaics with a gravid abdomen, may be correlated with the presence of sex combs. The role of courtship foci are interpreted in terms of known sensory inputs to and functions of the major insect ganglia.
Submitted on September 11, 1978Revised on December 27, 1978
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