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J Exp Biol ; 224(Pt 6)2021 03 25.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33568440

RESUMO

Many animal species show aggression to gain mating partners and to protect territories and other resources from competitors. Both male and female fruit flies of the species Drosophila melanogaster exhibit aggression in same-sex pairings, but the strategies used are sexually dimorphic. We have begun to explore the biological basis for the differing aggression strategies, and the cues promoting one form of aggression over the other. Here, we describe a line of genetically masculinized females that switch between male and female aggression patterns based on the sexual identity of their opponents. When these masculinized females are paired with more aggressive opponents, they increase the amount of male-like aggression they use, but do not alter the level of female aggression. This suggests that male aggression may be more highly responsive to behavioral cues than female aggression. Although the masculinized females of this line show opponent-dependent changes in aggression and courtship behavior, locomotor activity and sleep are unaffected. Thus, the driver line used may specifically masculinize neurons involved in social behavior. A discussion of possible different roles of male and female aggression in fruit flies is included here. These results can serve as precursors to future experiments aimed at elucidating the circuitry and triggering cues underlying sexually dimorphic aggressive behavior.


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Proteínas de Drosophila , Drosophila , Animais , Drosophila melanogaster , Feminino , Masculino , Neurônios , Comportamento Sexual Animal , Comportamento Social
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STAR Protoc ; 2(1): 100285, 2021 03 19.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33532734

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This protocol describes a standardized method for analyzing Drosophila behavioral rhythmicity under light dark cycles, temperature ramps, and free running conditions. The protocol constitutes a step-by-step guide from generation of appropriate Drosophila genetic crosses to behavioral experiments. We also provide an open-source computational framework using R for the analysis of the phase of behavior using circular statistics. An extended method for complete use is also provided. For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Fernandez et al. (2020).


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Comportamento Animal , Software , Animais , Drosophila melanogaster
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Curr Biol ; 30(12): 2225-2237.e5, 2020 06 22.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32386535

RESUMO

Networks of circadian timekeeping in the brain display marked daily changes in neuronal morphology. In Drosophila melanogaster, the striking daily structural remodeling of the dorsal medial termini of the small ventral lateral neurons has long been hypothesized to mediate endogenous circadian timekeeping. To test this model, we have specifically abrogated these sites of daily neuronal remodeling through the reprogramming of neural development and assessed the effects on circadian timekeeping and clock outputs. Remarkably, the loss of these sites has no measurable effects on endogenous circadian timekeeping or on any of the major output functions of the small ventral lateral neurons. Rather, their loss reduces sites of glutamatergic sensory neurotransmission that normally encodes naturalistic time cues from the environment. These results support an alternative model: structural plasticity in critical clock neurons is the basis for proper integration of light and temperature and gates sensory inputs into circadian clock neuron networks.


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Relógios Circadianos/fisiologia , Ritmo Circadiano/fisiologia , Drosophila melanogaster/fisiologia , Plasticidade Neuronal/fisiologia , Animais
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