Sexual dimorphism of sleep regulated by juvenile hormone signaling in Drosophila.

Sexually dimorphic phenotypes are a universal phenomenon in animals. In the model animal fruit fly Drosophila, males and females exhibit long- and short-sleep phenotypes, respectively. However, the mechanism is still a mystery. In this study, we showed that juvenile hormone (JH) is involved in regul...

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Main Authors: Binbin Wu, Lingling Ma, Enyan Zhang, Juan Du, Suning Liu, Jeffrey Price, Sheng Li, Zhangwu Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-04-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5909909?pdf=render