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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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