ArticleOpen biology2016
Or47b plays a role in Drosophila males' preference for younger mates.
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- Oral intake of aripiprazole compromises male fertility in Drosophila.Biology direct · 2025Article
- Neuroecology of alcohol risk and reward: Methanol boosts pheromones and courtship success inScience advances · 2025Article
- Male cuticular pheromones stimulate removal of the mating plug and promote re-mating through pC1 neurons ineLife · 2024Article
- Synaptic Development in Diverse Olfactory Neuron Classes Uses Distinct Temporal and Activity-Related Programs.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2023Article
- Combinatorial Codes and Labeled Lines: How Insects Use Olfactory Cues to Find and Judge Food, Mates, and Oviposition Sites in Complex Environments.Frontiers in physiology · 2018Review
- What does the fruitless gene tell us about nature vs. nurture in the sex life of Drosophila?Fly · 2017Review
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Abstract
Reproductive behaviour is important for animals to keep their species existing on Earth. A key question is how to generate more and healthier progenies by choosing optimal mates. In Drosophila melanogaster, males use multiple sensory cues, including vision, olfaction and gustation, to achieve reproductive success. These sensory inputs are important, yet not all these different modalities are simultaneously required for courtship behaviour to occur. Moreover, the roles of these sensory inputs for male courtship choice remain largely unknown. Here, we demonstrate that males court younger females with greater preference and that olfactory inputs are indispensable for this male courtship choice. Specifically, the olfactory receptor Or47b is required for males to discriminate younger female mates from older ones. In combination with our previous work indicating that gustatory perception is necessary for this preference behaviour, our current study demonstrates the requirement of both olfaction and gustation in Drosophila males' courtship preference, thus providing new insights into the role of sensory cues in reproductive behaviour and success.
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