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manuscript; available in PMC 2009 December 17. Published in
final edited form as: PMCID: PMC2795581 Multimodal Sensory
Integration of Courtship Stimulating Cues in Drosophila
melanogaster Contextual Effects on Chemosensory Cues Leslie C.
Griffith and Aki Ejima Address for correspondence: Leslie C.
Griffith, Department of Biology MS008, Brandeis University, 415
South St., Waltham, MA 02493. Voice: +781-736-3124; fax:
+781-736-3107. griffith/at/ Mechanisms for identifying
appropriate mating partners are required for any species to
survive. In many types of animals, males employ multiple sensory
modalities to initially search for females and to subsequently
determine if they are fit and/or receptive. In this paper we
will detail the multiple types of sensory information that are
used to initiate and drive courtship in Drosophila melanogaster
and discuss the importance of context in the interpretation of
chemosensory cues. We find that food-related olfactory