Abstract
A naive, sexually matureD. melanogaster male tested with a young, sexually immature male will perform vigorous courtship, but the mature male will perform much less courtship if he is subsequently tested with a second young male. This phenomenon is called experience-dependent courtship modification (EDCM). We have shown that exposure to either or both of the two courtship-stimulating pheromones that immature males synthesize is sufficient to induce EDCM.
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Vaias, L.J., Napolitano, L.M. & Tompkins, L. Identification of stimuli that mediate experience-dependent modification of homosexual courtship inDrosophila melanogaster . Behav Genet 23, 91–97 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01067558
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