Courtship in Drosophila is influenced by a wide variety of genes, in that many different kinds
of pleiotropic mutations lead to defective courtship. This may seem to be a truism, but the …

The reproductive biology of Drosophila melanogaster is described and critically discussed,
primarily with regard to genetic studies of sex‐specific behavior and its neural …

Sexual orientation and courtship behavior in Drosophila are regulated by fruitless (fru), the
first gene in a branch of the sex-determination hierarchy functioning specifically in the …

Sexually dimorphic abdominal pigmentation and segment morphology evolved recently in
the melanogaster species group of the fruitfly Drosophila. Here we show that these traits are …

Background Mosquito-borne diseases threaten over half the world's human population,
making the need for environmentally-safe mosquito population control tools critical. The …

The Drosophila roX1 gene is X-linked and produces RNAs that are male-specific, somatic,
and preferentially expressed in the central nervous system. These RNAs are retained in the …

Hox genes have been implicated in the evolution of many animal body patterns, but the
molecular events underlying trait modification have not been elucidated. Pigmentation of the …

In this book, the biologist Raghavendra Gadagkar focuses on the single species he has
worked on throughout his career. Found throughout southern India, Ropalidia marginata is a …

The RNA-binding protein Tra2 is an important regulator of sex determination in Drosophila.
Recently, two mammalian Tra2 homologs of unknown function have been described. Here …

Over 50% of genes in Plasmodium falciparum, the deadliest human malaria parasite,
contain predicted introns, yet experimental characterization of splicing in this organism …