Courting the Competition: Some Male Fruit Flies Serenade Each Other Rather Than Fight
March 20, 2026
March 20, 2026
PASADENA, California, March 20 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news:
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Courting the Competition: Some Male Fruit Flies Serenade Each Other Rather Than Fight
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Like the males of many animal species, male Drosophila melanogaster fruit flies, a commonly studied lab animal, are aggressive toward one another and even fight when competing for resources such as food and females. Researchers in the lab of David Anders . . .
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Courting the Competition: Some Male Fruit Flies Serenade Each Other Rather Than Fight
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Like the males of many animal species, male Drosophila melanogaster fruit flies, a commonly studied lab animal, are aggressive toward one another and even fight when competing for resources such as food and females. Researchers in the lab of David Anders . . .