The identification of neural subcircuits used by female fruit flies to make a choice about whether to copulate with a potential mate provides a template for understanding how the brain integrates complex information to reach decisions.
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Griffith, L. What females really want. Nature 512, 138–139 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/512138a
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