Enhanced Mate Refusal in Female Drosophila Induced by a Mutation in the spinster Locus

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By screening Drosophila melanogaster strains harboring single P-element insertions for aberrant mating behavior, we isolated a mutant named spinster (spin^<pl>), in which the females had subnormal receptivity to copulation. The spin^<pl> females continuously display rejection behaviors typical of immature virgins such as decamping, kicking, and fending in response to courting males. Excision of P-element inserted at 52E in the spin^<pl> mutant resulted in phenotypic reversion to wild-type, indicating that the spin locus at 52E is responsible for altered receptivity in the mutant females.
日本応用動物昆虫学会の論文
1997-02-25