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Sex on the brain: ‘Doublesex’ gene key to determining fruit fly gender
The fruit fly New research published in Nature Neuroscience today shows that the ‘doublesex‘ (dsx) gene responsible for gender and body shape in the fruit fly is also responsible for determining the...
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The courtship of common fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster), involves the male making a number of specific moves on the female.If successful, this causes her to stop in her tracks. Her immobility...
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