User:BioStudent2020/sandbox

To publish:
The fruitless (fru) gene in Drosophila helps regulate the network for male courtship behavior; when a mutation to this gene occurs altered same sex sexual behavior in males is observed. Male Drosophila with the fru mutation direct their courtship towards other males as opposed to typical courtship, which would be directed towards females. Loss of the fru mutation leads back to the typical courtship behavior.

Prep for Peer Review:
1: Lead


 * The general article does a good job of introducing what mating systems are. However, the section on “Courtship Behaviour” is literally two sentences long. There is a ton of research looking into how fruit flies mate, so this was surprising to us.

2: Organization


 * The organization is great. There is no need to add or edit the organizational aspect in this article.

3: Balance


 * All sections of this article are balanced except for the space where it alludes to queer hehavior translated through the fruitless gene. We are planning on expanding this specific section under the courtship behavior subsection.

4: Neutrality


 * We did not pick up on any bias in the article. Everything was written through a scientific lens, which is usually to be expected when reading about fruit flies.

5: Sources


 * The sources portion of this article also seems fairly balanced. There were not too many repeat uses of source materials. Also, all of the sources seem to be coming from scientific journals, which is good when talking about this topic.

6: Overall


 * What the article does well:
 * Introduces Drosophila and talks about their lives
 * Changes we will make/improve on
 * Elaborate on “research currently being explored,” in the courtship behaviors section
 * Most important thing we can do to improve the article
 * Add in more info about fruitless gene

Sections Being Edited:
The courtship behavior of Drosophila melanogaster has also been assessed for sex-related genes, which have been implicated in courtship behavior in both the male and female. Recent experiments explore the role of fruitless (fru) and doublesex (dsx), a group of sex-behaviour linked genes. This research is currently being explored.

The courtship behavior of Drosophila melanogaster has also been assessed for sex-related genes, which have been implicated in courtship behavior in both the male and female. Recent experiments explore the role of fruitless (fru) and doublesex (dsx), a group of sex-behaviour linked genes. This research is currently being explored.

Abstract from paper we want to do more research on:

Copied and pasted abstract of the paper:

The fruitless (fru) gene in Drosophila has been proposed to play a master regulator role in the formation of neural circuitries for male courtship behavior, which is typically considered to be an innate behavior composed of a fixed action pattern as generated by the central pattern generator. However, recent studies have shed light on experience-dependent changes and sensory-input-guided plasticity in courtship behavior. For example, enhanced male-male courtship, a fru mutant “hallmark,” disappears when fru-mutant males are raised in isolation. The fact that neural fru expression is induced by neural activities in the adult invites the supposition that Fru as a chromatin regulator mediates experience-dependent epigenetic modification, which underlies the neural and behavioral plasticity.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5406164/​.

Other drafting ideas:
Other fruit flies, such as Drosophila, also have (FILL IN THE BLANK - interesting, homosexual, etc etc) mating patterns. The fruitless gene (fru) has indicated sex-specific reproductive behaviors, specifically regarding male Drosophila (CITE 1).

1: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1208237/

Hypothetical topics:
Mate attraction (specifically looking at what makes an animal "queer" and how we know)

Mate attraction - fruit flies, lady bugs, other insects/animals/creatures that don't have too much research