A chemosensory switch couples genetic sex to behavioral valence
Kelli A. Fagan, Jintao Luo, Ross C. Lagoy, Frank C. Schroeder, Dirk R. Albrecht, Douglas Portman
This study shows that genetic sex modulates a shared chemosensory circuit in C. elegans, altering behavioral responses to sex pheromones through a cell-autonomous switch in the ADF neuron.
Current Biology · Mar 1, 2018Peer-reviewedNeuroscience