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Citation	Ferveur, J.F., Savarit, F., O'Kane, C.J., Sureau, G., Greenspan, R.J., Jallon, J.M. (1997). Genetic feminization of pheromones and its behavioral consequences in Drosophila males. Science 276(5318): 1555--1558. (Export to RIS)
FlyBase ID	FBrf0093445
Publication Type	Research paper
PubMed ID	9171057
PubMed Abstract	Pheromones are intraspecific chemical signals important for mate attraction and discrimination. In the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, hydrocarbons on the cuticular surface of the animal are sexually dimorphic in both their occurrence and their effects: Female-specific molecules stimulate male sexual excitation, whereas the predominant male-specific molecule tends to inhibit male excitation. Complete feminization of the pheromone mixture produced by males was induced by targeted expression of the transformer gene in adult oenocytes (subcuticular abdominal cells) or by ubiquitous expression during early imaginal life. The resulting flies generally exhibited male heterosexual orientation but elicited homosexual courtship from other males.
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Language of Publication	English
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Publication Type	Journal
Abbreviation	Science
Title	Science
Publication Year	1895-
ISBN/ISSN	0036-8075
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Alleles (9)
	Scer\GAL4^29B Scer\GAL4^55B Scer\GAL4³²³ Scer\GAL4^how-24B Scer\GAL4^hs.PB Scer\GAL4^insc-Mz1407 Scer\GAL4^OK72 Scer\GAL4^OK376 tra^Scer\UAS.cFa
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	P{GAL4-Hsp70.PB} P{UAS-tra.F}
Genes (4)
	dsx fru Scer\GAL4 tra
Insertions (7)
	P{GAL4}323 P{GawB}29B P{GawB}Eip63F-1^55B P{GawB}how^24B P{GawB}insc^Mz1407 P{GawB}OK72 P{GawB}OK376