Genes and Circuits of Mating and Aggression in Drosophila
Week 3 – Facilitating team: Alireza
Stockinger, P., Kvitsiani, D., Rotkopf, S., Tirián, L., & Dickson, B. J. (2005). Neural circuitry that governs Drosophila male courtship behavior. Cell, 121(5), 795–807.
Manoli, D. S., Foss, M., Villella, A., Taylor, B. J., Hall, J. C., & Baker, B. S. (2005). Male-specific fruitless specifies the neural substrates of Drosophila courtship behaviour. Nature, 436(7049), 395–400.
Week 5 – Gillian, Alireza
Ruta, V., Datta, S. R., Vasconcelos, M. L., Freeland, J., Looger, L. L., & Axel, R. (2010). A dimorphic pheromone circuit in Drosophila from sensory input to descending output. Nature, 468(7324), 686–690.
Clowney, E. J., Iguchi, S., Bussell, J. J., Scheer, E., & Ruta, V. (2015). Multimodal Chemosensory Circuits Controlling Male Courtship in Drosophila. Neuron, 87(5), 1036–1049.
Week 6 – Nic
Asahina, K., Watanabe, K., Duistermars, B. J., Hoopfer, E., González, C. R., Eyjólfsdóttir, E. A., … al., et. (2014). Tachykinin-Expressing Neurons Control Male-Specific Aggressive Arousal in Drosophila. Cell, 156(1–2), 221–235.
Hoopfer, E. D., Jung, Y., Inagaki, H. K., Rubin, G. M., & Anderson, D. J. (2015). P1 interneurons promote a persistent internal state that enhances inter-male aggression in Drosophila. eLife
Useful references:
Chapter 9: Sexual Behaviour – Principles of Neurobiology – Liquon Luo
Yamamoto, D., & Koganezawa, M. (2013). Genes and circuits of courtship behaviour in Drosophila males. Nature Reviews. Neuroscience, 14(10), 681–92.
Koganezawa, M., Kimura, K. ichi, & Yamamoto, D. (2016). The Neural Circuitry that Functions as a Switch for Courtship versus Aggression in Drosophila Males. Current Biology, 26(11), 1395–1403.
