Article Published: 17 November 2013 Female contact modulates male aggression via a sexually dimorphic GABAergic circuit in Drosophila Quan Yuan, Yuanquan Song, Chung-Hui Yang, Lily Yeh Jan & Yuh ...

Researchers have discovered that blocking both genes brings about a significant reduction in tumor size. The study reveals important differences between tumors in male and female Drosophila and ...

A widely-used agricultural chemical sprayed on fruits and vegetables to prevent fungal disease is also killing beneficial ...

Female Drosophila bifurca flies have an organ to store sperm (right) that male flies compete to fill, crowding out rivals.

Both male and female Drosophila serrata use a set of pheromonal displays during mating, but differ in the relative concentrations of the individual compounds.

Sex chromosomes, chromosomes responsible for determining if a mammal is male or female, may have evolved to reduce “sexual ...

This sequence of three videos shows a male fly courting and successfully mating with a female fly, another male fly being rejected by a female, and a male choosing to consume an alcohol-infused ...

Female Drosophila genitalia. Scanning electron microscope image taken by Preston Larson in OU's Samuel Robert Noble Microscopy lab.

The metabolic rates of wild-caught adult female Drosophila melanogaster measured at 22°C are significantly greater than those of sympatric Drosophila simulans. Similarly, the temperature-specific ...

Female fruit flies can feel when a sexual partner is a good fit. Scientists have long known that proteins in a male fly's ejaculate make female flies temporarily lose interest in other partners ...

EXTREME SPERM The most oversized male sexual feature yet documented may be a fruit fly’s giant sperm (right, one sperm at 200 times magnification from Drosophila bifurca; left, same ...