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A Sexually Dimorphic Olfactory Neuron Mediates Fixed Action Transition during Courtship Ritual in Drosophila melanogaster

Nobuaki K. Tanaka, Takashi Hirao, Hikaru Chida and Aki Ejima
Journal of Neuroscience 24 November 2021, 41 (47) 9732-9741; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1168-21.2021
Nobuaki K. Tanaka
1Division of Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
2Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
3Graduate School of Life Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
4Career-Path Promotion Unit for Young Life Scientists, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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5Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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A Sexually Dimorphic Olfactory Neuron Mediates Fixed Action Transition during Courtship Ritual in Drosophila melanogaster
Nobuaki K. Tanaka, Takashi Hirao, Hikaru Chida, Aki Ejima
Journal of Neuroscience 24 November 2021, 41 (47) 9732-9741; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1168-21.2021

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Nobuaki K. Tanaka, Takashi Hirao, Hikaru Chida, Aki Ejima
Journal of Neuroscience 24 November 2021, 41 (47) 9732-9741; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1168-21.2021
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