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Here, I tested whether 45 of such genes had effect on female mating using RNA interference and identified eight genes that either produced statistically significant delayed mating or deficits in mating. Two genes, CG17946 and CG32713, cause a delayed mating phenotype and six genes, CG1571, CG 7423, CG33223, CG12200, CG 11878 and CG32598, cause a reduced mating phenotype upon ubiquitous RNAi expression. Furthermore, I found that two of the candidate genes- CG11878 and CG7423- are actually expressed in female adult brain.","abstract_html":"In nature, we often observe females selectively choosing males. Although the evolutionary significance of female decisions and its inheritable nature was first remarked by Charles Darwin, we still have a poor understanding of the cellular and molecular mechanisms that govern this behavior. 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