In many species, males have developed strategies to safeguard their genetic material from dilution by that of competing males. Fruitflies achieve this by altering the behaviour of their partners.
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Griffith, L. Love hangover. Nature 451, 24–25 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/451024a
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