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fruitless regulates aggression and dominance in Drosophila

Splicing of a transcription factor determines whether a fruit fly prefers to get rid of its rival by boxing, or by head-butting! Watch some hilarious videos of highly confused flies here, and let us know what you think about the paper.

Posted by Annette Markus at 07:29 PM on November 30, 2006 | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
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