ScerGAL4VT007068 drives expression in different areas of the adult brain. Labeling in the posterior superior medial protocerebrum and in many cells of the posterior abdominal ganglion can only be seen in females.
Silencing Scer\GAL4VT007068-expressing neurons renders virgin females sexually unreceptive to males. Egg laying levels are similar to those seen in control virgin females. Activating these neurons has no effect effect on virgin receptivity, but drastically increases receptivity after mating compared with controls.
Making Scer\GAL4VT007068-expressing neurons insensitive to sex peptide by expressing SPRGD3236 has no effect on the sexual receptivity of virgin females to males.