Why do flies fall in love? Researchers tease out the signals behind fruit fly courtship songs
Like a Valentine's Day dinner or a box of chocolates, male fruit flies have their own rituals for wooing a potential mate.
Like a Valentine's Day dinner or a box of chocolates, male fruit flies have their own rituals for wooing a potential mate.
Cell & Microbiology
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Functional eyes are not required for a working circadian clock in zebrafish, as a research team including CNRS scientists has now shown. The work is published in the journal PLOS Genetics.
Plants & Animals
Mar 7, 2024
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How worms respond to signals such as taps or touches depends on details of the signal, including whether it increases or decreases, and on what the animal is doing at the time, says Andrew Leifer and his team of researchers ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 26, 2018
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New research from Flinders University has uncovered further details on how the guinea pig gut forms solid fecal pellets, providing potential insights that could help in the management of human bowel issues.
Other
Sep 28, 2021
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A piece of rotting fruit is likely covered in hundreds if not thousands of microscopic roundworms, including C. elegans—a popular experimental model system for studying neurogenetics. With a lifespan of only a few weeks, ...
Ecology
Mar 11, 2024
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