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Ultradian Lovesong Rhythms in Drosophila

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Ultradian courtship song cycle appear to be a feature of male courtship songs among the melanogaster subgroup of species as well as some other more distantly related species. Species-specific differences in the song cycle between D. melangaster and D. simulans map onto the Threonine-Glycine repetitive region encoded by the clock gene period. Mutations in the period gene alter in a parallel fashion both circadian and lovesong cycles, but female mutants do not prefer the song characteristics of the corresponding mutant male, so there is no ‘genetic coupling’ between the male and female communication systems with respect to period. The song cycle appears to have a neural basis in the thorax, possibly within glia that express PER protein. Recent finding suggest that plastic changes in the thoracic nervous system that are mediated by the period and timeless genes may play a role in the neurogenesis of the courtship song cycle

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Kyriacou, C.P. (2008). Ultradian Lovesong Rhythms in Drosophila. In: Lloyd, D., Rossi, E.L. (eds) Ultradian Rhythms from Molecules to Mind. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8352-5_7

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