Lone, S.R., Venkataraman, A., Srivastava, M., Potdar, S., Sharma, V.K. (2015). Or47b-neurons promote male-mating success in Drosophila. Biol. Letts 11(5): 20150292.
FlyBase ID
FBrf0228464
Publication Type
Research paper
Abstract
Drosophila performs elaborate well-defined rituals of courtship, which involve several types of sensory inputs. Here, we report that Or47b-neurons promote male-mating success. Males with Or47b-neurons silenced/ablated exhibit reduced copulation frequency and increased copulation latency. Copulation latency of Or47b-manipulated flies increased proportionately with size of the assay arena, whereas in controls it remained unchanged. While competing for mates, Or47b-ablated males are outperformed by intact controls. These results suggest the role of Or47b-neurons in promoting male-mating success.
