Mala Murthy, Princeton University

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Associate Professor Princeton, New Jersey mmurthy@princeton.edu Office: (609) 258-9820

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Acoustic communication system of Drosophila Neural Mechanisms of flies social communication Neuroscience

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We focus primarily on the acoustic communication system of Drosophila. Similar to other animals, flies produce and process patterned sounds during their mating ritual: typically males generate courtship songs via wing vibration, while females arbitrate mating decisions. Sensory processing plays a...

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We focus primarily on the acoustic communication system of Drosophila. Similar to other animals, flies produce and process patterned sounds during their mating ritual: typically males generate courtship songs via wing vibration, while females arbitrate mating decisions. Sensory processing plays a role not only in detecting and responding to species-specific songs, but also in generating these dynamic acoustic signals.

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