NDLI: Prospero Mutants Induce Precocious Sexual Behavior in Drosophila Males

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Author	Grosjean, Yaël Guenin, Laure Bardet, Henri Marc Ferveur, Jean François
Copyright Year	2007
Abstract	Brain maturation, a developmental process influenced by both endogenous and environmental factors, can affect sexual behavior. In vertebrates and invertebrates, sexual maturation is under the influence of hormones and neuromodulators, but the role of developmental genes in this process is still poorly understood. We report that prospero (pros), a gene crucial for nervous system development, can change the age of onset of sexual behavior in Drosophila melanogaster males: adult males carrying a single copy of several pros mutations court females and mate at a younger age than control males. However, these pros mutations had no effect on female sexual receptivity and did not alter other male phenotypes related to mating behavior. The Pros protein was detected in several brain and sensory structures of immature adult males, some of which are normally involved in the regulation of male specific behaviors. Our data suggest that the altered pros expression affects the age of onset of male mating behavior.
Starting Page	575
Ending Page	584
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00018244
Journal	Behavior Genetics
Volume Number	37
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	15733297
Language	English
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers
Publisher Date	2007-04-10
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Courtship Mating Prospero Precocious behavior Brain maturation Drosophila Evolutionary Biology Neurosciences Human Genetics
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Genetics Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Genetics (clinical)

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