Drosophila melanogaster Meigen is a marvellous material for behavioural gene

tic studies. T

he male courtship behavior of fruit fly was as model to study the behavioural ge

netics. This review was about the research progress of genetic and molecular bio

logy studies in Drosophila sex pheromone and courtship behaviour,

especially the

 application of Drosophila mutants in behavioural genetic research. Accordin

g to

 analysis the courtship behaviour, the Drosophila sex pheromone, visual, acousti

c, olfactory and gustatory related genes and their function were introduced resp

ectively.
Key words〓Drosophila, sex pheromone, courtship, mating.

摘〓要〓
果蝇Drosophila melanogaster Meigen是进行行为遗传学研究的极好材料。果蝇的雄性

求偶行为已经被作为行为遗传学研究的

模式。文章简要介绍近年来在遗传和分子水平上对果蝇性信息素和求偶行为的研究进展，尤

其是突变体在果蝇行为遗传学研究中的应用。通过对果蝇求偶行为的分析，分别介绍果蝇的

性信息素及视觉、听觉、嗅觉和味觉相关基因在果蝇求偶和交配行为过程中的作用。
关键词〓果蝇， 性信息素， 求偶， 交配