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Courtship is complicated, even in fruit flies

  • February 23, 2026 at 4:09 PM
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Courtship is complicated, even in fruit flies
Love is in the air for the vinegar fly. Drosophila melanogaster has long been a model for understanding how brains translate sensory information into courtship behavior. Male flies perform a multitude of romantic actions—orienting, tapping, chasing and singing—directed toward eligible females.

Originally published at Phys.org

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