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The sex difference in the reproductive response to starvation in Drosophila melanogaster is primarily located in the periphery rather than the nervous system

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: , food-deprived (FD) females show significantly greater decreases in copulation rate and increases in time spent with food compared with males. Genetic XX females with a masculinized fat body, but not genetic females with a masculinized nervous system (NS), showed a masculinized response to FD, consistent with the idea that sex differences in the female reproductive response to FD lie primarily in the periphery and not the NS.

Source: American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology

DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00151.2024

Authors: Attilio Ceretti, Kevin Garzillo, Nacoya Madden, Daniel T. Babcock, Jill E. Schneider

Institution: Lehigh University

Language: English

Topic: Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research

Subfield: Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W7117548943

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