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Fighting flies: Brain cells promote fighting in male fruit flies

January 17, 2014 by

According to the latest studies from a fly laboratory, male Drosophilae, commonly known as fruit flies, fight more than their female counterparts because they have special cells in their brains that promote fighting. These cells appear to be absent in the brains of female fruit flies.

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