An experienced fruit fly researcher can tell at a glance whether the fly she is observing is male or female; a distinct pigmentation pattern on a fly's body (a type of bristle found only on the ...

A study by Tulane University researchers has uncovered new insights into how biological sex differences can influence tumor ...

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Male fruit flies transfer a substance called a sex-peptide during mating in the seminal fluid together with sperm. This sex pheromone influences the female fly’s behaviour so she will start to ...

Male fruit flies are so driven to find a mate that they’ll ignore danger, ... The researchers, led by Carolina Rezaval of the university's school of biosciences, found that when a male fruit fly is in ...

So male fruit flies, essentially, know when they've reached the optimal level of inebriation to attract more females and successfully mate, before they become so intoxicated that they repulse the ...

However, Sperling and her team were able to use gene mutations to produce generations of female fruit flies capable of reproducing entirely on their own — without interacting with male fruit ...

Unraveling the Female Fruit Fly Mating Circuit. Three teams identify different components of the female Drosophila nervous system that govern mating behaviors. Kate Yandell. Kate Yandell. This person ...

Semiochemical treatments exist that improve the sexual performance of sterile male dacine fruit flies and reduce their response to MAT, ... Evaluation of key parameters in large field cages such as ...

Sterile male fruit flies will be released to ... FREMONT — The spotting of a single mated female Mediterranean fruit fly has sent 71 square miles of southern Alameda County into a quarantine ...