Whole-mount in situ hybridization was performed as described previously (14 (link)). Brains dissected from juvenile and mature wild-type Canton-S males were used for these experiments. smFISH was performed following the published protocol (63 (link)), with the exception that we omitted (i) the overnight incubation in 100% ethanol and (ii) the bleaching steps. Fluorescence-tagged TASK7 (Quasar 570) and Dsx (Quasar 670) probes were designed and manufactured using a commercial source (LGC Biosearch Technologies). Confocal sections were acquired using an Olympus Fluoview 1000 microscope at 3-μm intervals.