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Social context influences chemical communication in D. melanogaster males.
Current biology : CB - 23 Sept 2008
Kent Clement, Azanchi Reza, Smith Ben, Formosa Amanda, Levine Joel D
Abstract excerpt
Chemical communication mediates social interactions in insects. For the fruit fly, D. melanogaster, the chemical display is a key fitness trait because it leads to mating. An exchange of cues that resembles a dialogue between males and females is enacted by pheromones, chemical signals that pass between individual flies to alter physiology and behavior. Chemical signals also affect the timing of locomotor...
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