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Sex changes the biological clock of female fruit flies, through a "sex peptide" which is transferred from the male during mating

12.22.22 | PLOS

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Sex changes the biological clock of female fruit flies, through a "sex peptide" which is transferred from the male during mating
Mating changes the onset of daily activity, masking a central function of the clock. This modulation is mediated by the sex peptide (transferred during copulation) acting on ppk+ neurons, which, in turn, directly contact pdf+ neurons, responsible for the increase of the activity that precedes dawn. Thus, our work identifies a post-mating response directly related to the circadian clock and begins to unravel the underlying neuronal circuit. Credit: Riva et al., 2022, PLOS Genetics, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Sex changes the biological clock of female fruit flies, through a "sex peptide" which is transferred from the male during mating.

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Article URL: http://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1010258

Article Title: Mating disrupts morning anticipation in Drosophila melanogaster females

Author Countries : Argentina

Funding: This work was supported by the Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica (Grants PICT-2016-1042 to S.R.G; PICT 2018-0995 to M.F.C and PICT-2019-091 to D.L.F), the Universidad Nacional del Comahue, CRUB (Grant 04/B239 to D.L.F). D.L.F, S.R.G and M.F.C are members of the Argentine Research Council for Science and Technology (CONICET). S.R and J.J.I hold graduate fellowships from CONICET. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

PLOS Genetics

10.1371/journal.pgen.1010258

Mating disrupts morning anticipation in Drosophila melanogaster females

22-Dec-2022

Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Keywords

Cell Biology Genetics Life Sciences Molecular Biology Organismal Biology Peptide Hormones

Article Information

Journal
PLOS Genetics
DOI
10.1371/journal.pgen.1010258
Article Publication Date
2022-12-22
Article Title
Mating disrupts morning anticipation in Drosophila melanogaster females
COI Statement
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Contact Information

Charlotte Bhaskar
PLOS
onepress@plos.org

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http://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1010258

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APA:
PLOS. (2022, December 22). Sex changes the biological clock of female fruit flies, through a "sex peptide" which is transferred from the male during mating. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LRDWKRG8/sex-changes-the-biological-clock-of-female-fruit-flies-through-a-sex-peptide-which-is-transferred-from-the-male-during-mating.html
MLA:
"Sex changes the biological clock of female fruit flies, through a "sex peptide" which is transferred from the male during mating." Brightsurf News, Dec. 22 2022, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/LRDWKRG8/sex-changes-the-biological-clock-of-female-fruit-flies-through-a-sex-peptide-which-is-transferred-from-the-male-during-mating.html.