Substrate vibrations during courtship in three Drosophila species.

While a plethora of studies have focused on the role of visual, chemical and near-field airborne signals in courtship of Drosophila fruit flies, the existence of substrate-borne vibrational signals has been almost completely overlooked. Here we describe substrate vibrations generated during courtshi...

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Autores principales:	Valerio Mazzoni, Gianfranco Anfora, Meta Virant-Doberlet
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:d28b7c7bc9544fa181fbc38cac7c94872021-11-18T08:46:15ZSubstrate vibrations during courtship in three Drosophila species.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0080708https://doaj.org/article/d28b7c7bc9544fa181fbc38cac7c94872013-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24260459/pdf/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203While a plethora of studies have focused on the role of visual, chemical and near-field airborne signals in courtship of Drosophila fruit flies, the existence of substrate-borne vibrational signals has been almost completely overlooked. Here we describe substrate vibrations generated during courtship in three species of the D. melanogaster group, from the allegedly mute species D. suzukii, its sister species D. biarmipes, and from D. melanogaster. In all species, we recorded several types of substrate vibrations which were generated by locomotion, abdominal vibrations and most likely through the activity of thoracic wing muscles. In D. melanogaster and D. suzukii, all substrate vibrations described in intact males were also recorded in males with amputated wings. Evidence suggests that vibrational signalling may be widespread among Drosophila species, and fruit flies may provide an ideal model to study various aspects of this widespread form of animal communication.Valerio MazzoniGianfranco AnforaMeta Virant-DoberletPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 8, Iss 11, p e80708 (2013)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Valerio Mazzoni Gianfranco Anfora Meta Virant-Doberlet Substrate vibrations during courtship in three Drosophila species.
description	While a plethora of studies have focused on the role of visual, chemical and near-field airborne signals in courtship of Drosophila fruit flies, the existence of substrate-borne vibrational signals has been almost completely overlooked. Here we describe substrate vibrations generated during courtship in three species of the D. melanogaster group, from the allegedly mute species D. suzukii, its sister species D. biarmipes, and from D. melanogaster. In all species, we recorded several types of substrate vibrations which were generated by locomotion, abdominal vibrations and most likely through the activity of thoracic wing muscles. In D. melanogaster and D. suzukii, all substrate vibrations described in intact males were also recorded in males with amputated wings. Evidence suggests that vibrational signalling may be widespread among Drosophila species, and fruit flies may provide an ideal model to study various aspects of this widespread form of animal communication.
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author	Valerio Mazzoni Gianfranco Anfora Meta Virant-Doberlet
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title	Substrate vibrations during courtship in three Drosophila species.
title_short	Substrate vibrations during courtship in three Drosophila species.
title_full	Substrate vibrations during courtship in three Drosophila species.
title_fullStr	Substrate vibrations during courtship in three Drosophila species.
title_full_unstemmed	Substrate vibrations during courtship in three Drosophila species.
title_sort	substrate vibrations during courtship in three drosophila species.
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Substrate vibrations during courtship in three Drosophila species.

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