Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprint
Ancestral neural circuits potentiate the origin of a female sexual behavior
M. Li, D. S. Chen, I. P. Junker…·Y. Ding
The paper identifies a neural circuit in Drosophila santomea that co-opts an ancestral circuit to drive a new female sexual behavior through social feedback.
DOI 10.1101/2023.12.05.570174