<![CDATA[io9: Fruitflies]]> http://cache.io9.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: Fruitflies]]> http://io9.com/tag/fruitflies http://io9.com/tag/fruitflies <![CDATA[Scientist learns the secret of royal jelly by creating mutant super flies]]> Queen bees are much larger than worker bees, and live years longer, for one reason. They gorge on a sugary protein called "royal jelly." Now a scientist has made ultra-large flies using royal jelly too. Are humans next? More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5795247&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Fruit flies on meth]]> Scientists put fruit flies on meth, and observed the chemical results. What they found was a link between meth, sugar, and cancer cells. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5793774&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Even animals as simple as fruit flies have free will]]> Fruit flies and other simple organisms might seem like they're creatures of instinct, governed by a set of basically predictable stimuli and responses. But fruit flies actually have free will. Depending on what your definition of free will is. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5714341&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[When fruit flies attack, it's usually about sex]]> With just a little genetic tinkering, it's possible to make a male fruit fly attack the female he just mated with, and then court a male. It turns out that changing a fly's sexual orientation also changes whom he'll attack. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5692935&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Mystery Of The Fruit Fly Penis Solved With Lasers]]> To anyone who doubts modern science still pursues essential lines of inquiry into the most pressing questions of our time, we present this resounding rebuttal. Two fearless truth seekers used lasers to figure out why fruit fly penises look weird. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5442323&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Semen Can Control Women's Sexual Urges]]> Molecular biologists are obsessed with the sex lives of fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster), and no wonder. It's just so easy to manipulate the little guys. Previously, we told you about how researchers can make fruit flies gay within hours with a drug, and now a research team at Cornell has published a paper about how proteins in fruit fly semen can control the behavior of female flies. The most interesting part is that these same behavior-controlling proteins exist in human semen, too. Find out how sperm is controlling your life after the jump. More »
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