Genomic and Functional Studies of Drosophila Sex Hierarchy Regulated Gene Expression in Adult Head and Nervous System Tissues
Figure 7
dpr Mutant Males Show Reduced Courtship Latency
(A) Time (s) to first wing extension for CS male flies (n = 30, mean = 86.7, SE = 9.9) is significantly different (one-tailed t-test) than dpr-GAL4 (n = 26, mean = 42.3, SE = 9.6) (p < 2.95E-5), dpr-GAL4;UAS-gfpRNAi (n = 50, mean = 39.4, SE = 9.3) (p < 1.73E-8), and dpr-GAL4;UAS-fruRNAi (n = 66, mean = 26.2, SE = 3.1) (p < 3.00E-10) flies. Also, when compared to UAS-fruRNAi (n = 38, mean = 85.3, SE = 11.7) male control flies, the time to first wing extension is significantly reduced in dpr-GAL4 (p < 2.21E-4), dpr-GAL4;UAS-gfpRNAi (p < 2.28E-7), and dpr-GAL4;UAS-fruRNAi (p < 2.71E-9) flies.
(B) The time to first attempted copulation (s) is significantly reduced in dpr-GAL4;UAS-fruRNAi (n = 63, mean = 95.3, SE = 10.8) flies compared to CS (n = 27, mean = 178.3, SE = 18.3) (p < 3.20E-5), UAS-fruRNAi (n = 33, mean = 218.5, SE=23.6) (p < 1.03E-6), dpr-GAL4;UAS-gfpRNAi (n = 45, mean = 187.5, SE = 20.9) (p < 3.41E-5), and dpr-GAL4 (n = 24, mean = 202.2, SE = 31.1) (p < 1.45E-4) male flies. Error bars represent SE. Mann-Whitney rank-sum test: **, p < 1.0E-3; ***, p < 1.0E-4; ****, p < 1.0E-8.
doi:0.1371/journal.pgen.0030216.g007
