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Female pheromones in Drosophila melanogaster are controlled by the doublesex locus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

Jean-Marc Jallon ,
Ginette Lauge ,
Luc Orssaud  and
Claude Antony
Jean-Marc Jallon*
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Biologie et Génétique Evolutives, CNRS 91190, Gif-sur-Yvetle, France
Ginette Lauge
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Reproduction, Développement de l'Insecte, Bat 445, Université Paris-Sud, Centre d'Orsay, 91405 Orsay Cédex, France
Luc Orssaud
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Reproduction, Développement de l'Insecte, Bat 445, Université Paris-Sud, Centre d'Orsay, 91405 Orsay Cédex, France
Claude Antony
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Biologie et Génétique Evolutives, CNRS 91190, Gif-sur-Yvetle, France
*
† Corresponding author.

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XY and XX doublesex D. melanogaster, expressing variable intersexual phenotypes, were compared for their pheromone levels (e.g. 7, 11-heptacosadiene, the main excitatory pheromone of females, and vaccenyl acetate, an inhibitory compound produced only by males). Despite the intersexual phenotype and the presence of female traits, the pheromone patterns of the homozygous dsx mutants, XY as well as XX, were similar to those of heterozygous males. Female-specific dienes were never found in significant amounts in such flies, which often showed significant amounts of the male-specific acetate and triggered very reduced levels of male courtship wing vibration.

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Research Article
Information
Genetics Research , Volume 51 , Issue 1 , February 1988 , pp. 17 - 22
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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