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Kyriacou, C.P. (2007). Neurogenetics: singing in the brain.  Curr. Biol. 17(19): R841--R843.
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FBrf0216196
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Abstract
The fruitless gene is well-known to play a key role in determining the sexual identity of the fruitfly's nervous system, but new results show that doublesex is also required in thoracic neurons to generate normal male lovesongs.
PubMed ID
17925211
PubMed Central ID
DOI
10.1016/j.cub.2007.07.044
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The sex-determination genes fruitless and doublesex specify a neural substrate required for courtship song.
Rideout et al., 2007, Curr. Biol. 17(17): 1473--1478 [FBrf0201207]

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Language of Publication
English
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Publication Type
Journal
Abbreviation
Curr. Biol.
Title
Current Biology
Publication Year
1991-
ISBN/ISSN
0960-9822
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