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Published in final edited form as: J Insect Physiol. 2011 Jun 15;57(9):1179–1184. doi: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2011.05.007

Adult ecd¹ males treated at 29°C to reduce ecdysteroid availability court females at levels similar to those of wild-type males. B. Courtship preference. At left, adult ecd¹ males treated at 29°C court females (CI₁) and males (CI₂) when offered a choice of decapitated mature virgin male and female targets in the same experiment. In contrast, wild-type males almost exclusively court the female target. Both wild-type (Canton-S) and ecd¹ males significantly prefer to court females over males (compare CI₁ with CI₂; ** indicates p < 0.01; *** indicates p < 0.001). In these choice experiments, the total duration of courtship to both targets (CI₁ + CI₂) was significantly higher in ecd¹ males than in wild-type (right diagram). The duration of all unilateral wing extension, tapping, licking, and attempting copulation in a ten-minute period was measured. P values are from Wilcoxon Matched Pairs test (left) and t-test (right), whiskers indicate SEM.

Adult ecd¹ males treated at 29°C to reduce ecdysteroid availability court females at levels similar to those of wild-type males. B. Courtship preference. At left, adult ecd¹ males treated at 29°C court females (CI₁) and males (CI₂) when offered a choice of decapitated mature virgin male and female targets in the same experiment. In contrast, wild-type males almost exclusively court the female target. Both wild-type (Canton-S) and ecd¹ males significantly prefer to court females over males (compare CI₁ with CI₂; ** indicates p < 0.01; *** indicates p < 0.001). In these choice experiments, the total duration of courtship to both targets (CI₁ + CI₂) was significantly higher in ecd¹ males than in wild-type (right diagram). The duration of all unilateral wing extension, tapping, licking, and attempting copulation in a ten-minute period was measured. P values are from Wilcoxon Matched Pairs test (left) and t-test (right), whiskers indicate SEM.