News tagged with sex peptide

A post-coital switch: Mapping the changing behaviors in the female fruit fly's mind

If men are from Mars and women are from Venus, then it shouldn't be surprising that their neural circuits differ. In research published today in the journal Current Biology, researchers have used dramatic change ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Pregnant, constipated and bloated? Fly poo may tell you why

Clues about how the human gut helps regulate our appetite have come from a most unusual source – fruit fly faeces. Scientists at the University of Cambridge are using the fruit fly to help understand ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Fruit fly sperm makes females do housework after sex

The sperm of male fruit flies are coated with a chemical 'sex peptide' which inhibits the female's usual afternoon siesta and compels her into an intense period of foraging activity.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Male fruit flies change to gain reproductive edge

(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to wooing females, males of all species -- even fruit flies -- try to gain a competitive edge.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0