Molecular control over sexual mimicry Sexual mimicry
biology illustration animals insects drosophila melanogaster
a different example seen in mature female fruit flies, drosophila melanogaster, attractive level of attractiveness decreases half or more after 3 minutes of mating. males release compound, 7-tricosene, female during courtship lowers female attractiveness. however, researcher found females release compound well, 6 hours after mating. compound lowers female’s levels of attractiveness both times, when male courting , during mating. way, female mimics male , compound, lowers levels of attractiveness .
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