Publications

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 C.C.  

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982221007971

Our publication and findings were highlighted in a recent 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 C. 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, M. & Fabre C. 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 & M., Fabre C. 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.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18668998