Drosophila males require the longitudinal stretch receptors to tremulate their abdomen and produce substrate-borne signals during courtship. BioRxiv 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.05.13.593852
Lee Jonathan K. M., Yen Eugenie C. , Fabre Caroline C.
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.05.13.593852v2
Essential conserved neuronal motors kinesin-1 and kinesin-3 regulate Aβ42 toxicity in vivo. BioRxiv 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.04.23.590704
Francis Deepthy, Paonessa Francesco, Hewitt Victoria L. , Giannakou Maria E., Peset Isabel, Whitworth Alexander J., Livesey Frederick J. , Fabre Caroline C., Palacios Isabel M.
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.04.23.590704v1
Drosophila females receive male substrate-borne signals through specific leg neurons during courtship. Current Biology 2021, 31, 1-11
McKelvey Eleanor G.Z. , Gyles James P. , Michie Kyle, Barquín Pancorbo Violeta, Sober Louisa, Kruszewski Laura E., Chan Alice and Fabre Caroline C.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982221007971
Our publication and findings were highlighted in a dispatch:
“Biotremology: Have a look and find something wonderful!” by Peggy Hill and Andreas Wessel, Current Biology 2021
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0960982221009805
Recent neurogenetic findings in insect courtship behaviour. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2019, 36:1-8
McKelvey, E. G. & Fabre Caroline C.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214574519300501?via%3Dihub
Triggers of the postural display of courtship in Drosophila persimilis flies. Journal of Insect Behavior 2017, 30(5): 582-594
Vega Hernández Monica & Fabre Caroline C.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10905-017-9641-1
The elaborate postural display of courting Drosophila persimilis flies produces substrate-borne signals. Journal of Insect Behavior 2016, 29(5): 578-590
Vega Hernández Monica & Fabre Caroline C.
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10905-016-9579-8
Do circadian genes and ambient temperature affect substrate-borne signalling during Drosophila courtship? Biology Open 2015, 4: 1549-1557.
Medina I., Casal J., Fabre C. C.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26519517
Shake it! Body language in animals. BlueSci 2014, 30: 10-11.
Fabre C.C.
Substrate-borne vibratory communication during courtship in Drosophila melanogaster. Current Biology 2012, 22 (22): 2180-2185.
Fabre C.C., Hedwig B., Conduit G., Lawrence P.A., Goodwin S.G., Casal J. (2012).
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23103187
This publication was highlighted by the Wellcome Trust:
Invertebrate neuroethology: food play and sex. Current biology 2011, 21(23): 960-962.
Rezával C., Fabre C.C., Goodwin S.F.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22153166
The muscle pattern of the Drosophila abdomen depends on a subdivision of the anterior compartment of each segment. Development 2012, 139(1): 75-83.
Krzemien J., Fabre C.C., Casal J., Lawrence P.A.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22147953
Why flies? Inexpensive public engagement xercises to explain the value of basic biomedical research on Drosophila melanogaster. Advances in Physiology Education 2011, 35(4): 384-92.
Pulver S.R., Cognigni P., Denholm B., Fabre C.C., Gu W.X., Linneweber G., Prieto-Godino L., Urbancic V., Zwart M.,Miguel-Aliaga I.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22139775
Mechanosensilla in the adult abdomen of Drosophila: engrailed and slit help to corral the peripheral sensory axons into segmental bundles. Development 2010, 137(17): 2885-94.
Fabre C.C., Casal J., Lawrence P.A.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20667917
The abdomen of Drosophila: does planar cell polarity orient the neurons of mechanosensory bristles? Neural Development 2008, 3:12.
Fabre C.C., Casal J., Lawrence P.A.
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