Alcohol makes male fruit flies more attractive to females by boosting sex pheromones, researchers find

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Apr 2, 2025, 2:00 pm183 ptsTrendingTop
A team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology has investigated why the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster drinks alcohol and has shown that alcohol has a direct and positive effect on the mating success of male flies. This effect is due to the increased production of sex pheromones after…

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