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ArticleNature2021

Neural circuit mechanisms of sexual receptivity in Drosophila females.

Kaiyu Wang, Fei Wang, Nora Forknall, Tansy Yang, Christopher Patrick, Ruchi Parekh, Barry J Dickson

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Article in Nature, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 77 papers.

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77citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

77 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Kaiyu Wang *Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA, USA.
Fei Wang *Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8646-2411
Nora ForknallJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2139-7599
Tansy YangJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1131-0410
Christopher PatrickJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8830-1892
Ruchi ParekhJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA, USA.
Barry J DicksonJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA, USA. dicksonb@janelia.hhmi.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0715-892X

Funding

Howard Hughes Medical Institute
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Choosing a mate is one of the most consequential decisions a female will make during her lifetime. A female fly signals her willingness to mate by opening her vaginal plates, allowing a courting male to copulate

Indexed as

Mating Preference, AnimalAcoustic StimulationAnimalsAuditory PathwaysCopulationCourtshipDrosophila melanogasterFemaleMaleNeural PathwaysNeuronsOptogeneticsVocalization, Animal

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