Fruit fly research may reveal what happens in female brains during courtship and mating

Wednesday, July 2, 2014 - 11:01 in Biology & Nature

What are the complex processes in the brain involved with choosing a mate, and are these processes different in females versus males? It's difficult to study such questions in people, but researchers are finding clues in fruit flies that might be relevant to humans and other animals. Three different studies on the topic are being published in the Cell Press journals Neuron and Current Biology.

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