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Chemical stimuli eliciting courtship by males inDrosophila melanogaster

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By progressive removal of various sense organs, and testing for inter-male courtship in the absence or presence of females, it is demonstrated thatD. melanogaster males require close-range, probably contact, chemical stimuli for the initiation of courtship.

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  1. H. M. Robertson

    Present address: Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin, 53706, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

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  1. Department of Zoology, University of the Witwatersrand, 2001, Johannesburg, South Africa

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I thank R. Crewe and S. Halse for comments on the manuscript. I was supported by C.S.I.R. and University Senior bursaries.

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Robertson, H.M. Chemical stimuli eliciting courtship by males inDrosophila melanogaster. Experientia 39, 333–335 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01955335

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