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. 2019 Apr 1;29(7):R243-R245.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.02.054.

Behavior: Why Male Flies Sing Different Songs

Dana S Galili  1 , Gregory S X E Jefferis  2
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Behavior: Why Male Flies Sing Different Songs

Dana S Galili et al. Curr Biol. .
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A new study investigates the distinct male courtship songs of two related Drosophila species and the neurons controlling this behavior, localizing a site of evolutionary divergence to the motor system, downstream of the central brain.

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    Ding Y, Lillvis JL, Cande J, Berman GJ, Arthur BJ, Long X, Xu M, Dickson BJ, Stern DL. Ding Y, et al. Curr Biol. 2019 Apr 1;29(7):1089-1099.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.02.019. Epub 2019 Mar 14. Curr Biol. 2019. PMID: 30880014

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