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. 2006 Jan 10;16(1):R23-5.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.12.009.

Sexual behaviour: do a few dead neurons make the difference?

Jai Y Yu  1 , Barry J Dickson
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Sexual behaviour: do a few dead neurons make the difference?

Jai Y Yu et al. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

Why do males and females behave so differently? Sexually dimorphic neural circuitry has just been found in parts of the fly's brain thought to control mating behaviour. Might this explain why males and females have such distinct sexual behaviours?

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