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Article: Fruit flies' sex drive affected by alcohol
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- January 18, 2008
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Bianca Black
University Wire
01-18-2008
(Daily Collegian) (UWIRE) UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Humans aren't the only creatures that change their behavior under the influence of alcohol. According to new findings by researchers at Penn State, the sexual behaviors of fruit flies change after being exposed to ethanol.
Researchers led by Kyung-An Han, associate professor of biology and neuroscience, observed and filmed the behaviors -- especially those sexual in nature -- of adult male fruit flies after being exposed to ethanol, the ingredient in alcohol that causes intoxication.
"We were looking at fruit flies and were trying to see what exactly is causing the sexual aggression and sexual behavior ...
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