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A small cohort of FRUM and Engrailed-expressing neurons mediate successful copulation in Drosophila melanogaster

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Neuroscience, May 2013
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Title
A small cohort of FRUM and Engrailed-expressing neurons mediate successful copulation in Drosophila melanogaster
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BMC Neuroscience, May 2013
DOI 10.1186/1471-2202-14-57
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Authors

Kristin L Latham, Ying-Show Liu, Barbara J Taylor

Abstract

In Drosophila, male flies require the expression of the male-specific Fruitless protein (FRU(M)) within the developing pupal and adult nervous system in order to produce male courtship and copulation behaviors. Recent evidence has shown that specific subsets of FRU(M) neurons are necessary for particular steps of courtship and copulation. In these neurons, FRU(M) function has been shown to be important for determining sex-specific neuronal characteristics, such as neurotransmitter profile and morphology.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
France 1 3%
Canada 1 3%
Unknown 28 93%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 9 30%
Student > Bachelor 6 20%
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 17%
Other 2 7%
Student > Postgraduate 2 7%
Other 2 7%
Unknown 4 13%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 15 50%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 8 27%
Psychology 1 3%
Medicine and Dentistry 1 3%
Neuroscience 1 3%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 4 13%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 24 May 2013.
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#13,566,023
of 23,881,329 outputs
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#518
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#100,846
of 197,565 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Neuroscience
#8
of 21 outputs
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