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Published online 19 November 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news031117-2
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Disability benefit
Fly's clipped wing signals power of survival.
A newly discovered fly with a chunk missing from one of its wings evolved that way to impress the females, a new report suggests. The disability may advertise the fly's ability to survive in the face of adversity.
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