Professor Barry Dickson, UQ and Janelia Farms : “The Neurobiology of Drosophila Mating Behaviour”
Speaker:
Professor Barry Dickson
Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland and Group Leader, Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Virginia, USA
Title: “The Neurobiology of Drosophila Mating Behaviour”
Abstract:
The behavioural rituals that animals perform as they seek out their mates provide ideal models to study the neural control complex goal-directed behaviors. They are innate, robust, and sexually dimorphic, reflecting the activation of genetically-determined sexually-dimorphic circuits. I will present our current understanding of the neural circuits that control mating in Drosophila, which include sexually-dimorphic components for sensory integration, decision-making, and action selection.
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