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Fruitflies tap in to their gay side

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Tweaking a single gene swaps fly mating behaviours.

Male and female fruitflies have been engineered to switch courtship roles, through the manipulation of a single gene.

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  1. DemirE., DicksonB. J., et al. Cell, 121. 785 - 794 (2005).

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  1. Roxanne Khamsi
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Khamsi, R. Fruitflies tap in to their gay side. Nature (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/news050531-9

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