Paper title
Piezo-mediated mechanosensation contributes to stabilizing copulation posture and reproductive success in Drosophila males
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We found that Piezo, a mechanosensitive channel, contributes to postural control during copulation in male fruit flies.
We further showed that destabilizing the male copulation posture by blocking Piezo can reduce reproductive performance.
This study reveals that males actively maintain their posture during copulation through mechanosensation, and that doing so contributes to reproductive success.
We expect these findings to help uncover the full molecular and neural mechanisms that control copulation behavior in animals.