Establishment of tools for neurogenetic analysis of sexual behavior in the silkmoth, Bombyx mori.

Silkmoth, Bombyx mori, is an ideal model insect for investigating the neural mechanisms underlying sex pheromone-induced innate behavior. Although transgenic techniques and the GAL4/UAS system are well established in the silkmoth, genetic tools useful for investigating brain function at the neural c...

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Main Authors: Taketoshi Kiya, Koudai Morishita, Keiro Uchino, Masafumi Iwami, Hideki Sezutsu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4232604?pdf=render