Neural circuitry coordinating male copulation
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Neural circuitry coordinating male copulation
Copulation is the goal of the courtship process, crucial to reproductive success and evolutionary fitness. Identifying the circuitry underlying copulation is a necessary step towards understanding universal principles of circuit operation, and how circuit elements are recruited into the production of ordered action sequences. Here, we identify key sex-specific neurons that mediate copulation in...
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عنوان ژورنال: eLife
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2050-084X
DOI: 10.7554/elife.20713