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Natural noncoding pumilio variants retune value-coding interneurons to bias Drosophila oviposition decisions.
Science advances - 8 May 2026
Motevalli Dorsa, Alfredson Robert, Fogleman Sydney, Medrano Emmanuel, Chen Yang, Silander William I, Hige Toshihide, Stern Ulrich, Yang Chung-Hui
Abstract excerpt
How natural regulatory genetic variation creates innate biases in economic decisions through modifying circuit structure and function is rarely explored. Here, we trace this link in a simple value-based decision in Drosophila: where to oviposit. Although laboratory flies (w1118) reject sucrose for a plain option, a wild-caught African strain accepts sucrose. This decision difference maps to three African-specific...
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