Mating mix-up with wrong fly lowers libido for Mr. Right
If you've ever suffered through a nightmare date and were hesitant to try again, fruit flies can relate.
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Dating on the fly—female flies are attractive to mates on sunny days
Female green bottle flies attract potential mates by flashing sunlight at particular frequencies from their wings, according to research published in the open access journal, BMC Biology.
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Feb 13, 2017
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When it comes to mating, fruit flies can make rational choices
Humans make rational choices—though perhaps not all the time. But does the ability for rational decision-making extend to other members of the animal kingdom? If so, how far are they from the human lineage?
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Jan 17, 2017
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Male vs. female stress responses may explain sex differences in diseases
The differences in how male and female fruit flies resist and adapt to oxidative stress may shed new light on how age-related diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's affect men and women differently.
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Dec 9, 2016
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Fruit flies help explain differences between males and females
Trust the French to compose poetry from banality. And yet the biological explanation for the many physical differences between males and females remains incomplete.
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Aug 19, 2016
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'Super males' emerge from male-dominated populations, study finds
Males who evolve in male-dominated populations become far better at securing females than those who grow up in monogamous populations, according to new research into the behaviour of fruit flies at the University of Sheffield.
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Females more promiscuous in colder climates, says insect study
Females have more sexual partners when they live in colder climates and are happier being monogamous when it is hotter, a study into the behavior of insects has found.
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Oct 26, 2015
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Bond gene in fruit flies controls fertility of rival males
For many animals, pheromones, which are chemical cues used for communication, guide important decisions such as whom to mate and whom to fight. New research from scientists at the University of Hawai'i - Mānoa's (UHM) Pacific ...
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Sep 15, 2015
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Insect mating behavior has lessons for drones
Male moths locate females by navigating along the latter's pheromone (odor) plume, often flying hundreds of meters to do so. Two strategies are involved to accomplish this: males must find the outer envelope of the pheromone ...
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May 29, 2015
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Research finds clue to why females live longer than males
A study from the University of Exeter has found that male flies die earlier than their female counterparts when forced to evolve with the pressures of mate competition and juvenile survival. The results could help researchers ...
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