Neurogenetics: sex and the female brain

Jean-Christophe Billeter¹, Joel D Levine²

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¹ Behavioural Biology, Centre for Behaviour and Neurosciences, PO Box 11103, University of Groningen, Groningen, 9700 CC, The Netherlands. Electronic address: j.c.billeter@rug.nl.
² Department of Biology, University of Toronto at Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Road, Mississauga, ON, L5L 1C6, Canada. Electronic address: jlevmail@gmail.com.

PMID: 25202876
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.07.052

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Neurogenetics: sex and the female brain

Jean-Christophe Billeter et al. Curr Biol. 2014.

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. 2014 Sep 8;24(17):R812-4.

doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.07.052.

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Jean-Christophe Billeter¹, Joel D Levine²

Affiliations

¹ Behavioural Biology, Centre for Behaviour and Neurosciences, PO Box 11103, University of Groningen, Groningen, 9700 CC, The Netherlands. Electronic address: j.c.billeter@rug.nl.
² Department of Biology, University of Toronto at Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Road, Mississauga, ON, L5L 1C6, Canada. Electronic address: jlevmail@gmail.com.

PMID: 25202876
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.07.052

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Male flies put on a multimedia show during courtship involving dance, song, perfume and even vibrations; if a female likes it, she pauses to let him know. Recent studies shed new light on how development and experience contribute to neural mechanisms of female sexual receptivity.

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