TY - JOUR AU - Schindelman, Gary AU - Whittaker, Allyson J. AU - Thum, Jian Yuan AU - Gharib, Shahla AU - Sternberg, Paul W. PY - 2006 DA - 2006/08/15 TI - Initiation of male sperm-transfer behavior in Caenorhabditis elegansrequires input from the ventral nerve cord JO - BMC Biology SP - 26 VL - 4 IS - 1 AB - The Caenorhabditis elegans male exhibits a stereotypic behavioral pattern when attempting to mate. This behavior has been divided into the following steps: response, backing, turning, vulva location, spicule insertion, and sperm transfer. We and others have begun in-depth analyses of all these steps in order to understand how complex behaviors are generated. Here we extend our understanding of the sperm-transfer step of male mating behavior. SN - 1741-7007 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-4-26 DO - 10.1186/1741-7007-4-26 ID - Schindelman2006 ER -