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IN an investigation on the chemoreceptivity of Drosophila melanogaster (Oregon), Begg and Hogben1 stated that the normal undesiccated males of this species showed a response to moisture if the difference in relative humidity exceeded 50 per cent. In the desiccated males the reaction grew more pronounced. The preferred relative humidity was reported to be about 90 per cent. No response to humidity differences was observed in normal or desiccated females.
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PERTTUNEN, V., ERKKILÄ, H. Humidity Reaction in Drosophila melanogaster. Nature 169, 78 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/169078a0
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