Tipsy Fruit Flies on a Mission to Kill Parasites

Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 12:40 in Biology & Nature

They’re not just recreational drinkers: Flies of the drosophila melanogaster species consume alcohol from rotting fruit to kill off tiny wasps that lay eggs inside fly larvae.

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