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Sep 6, 2023

New research sheds light on the origins of social behaviors

Posted by in categories: biological, chemistry, neuroscience

Male fruit flies don’t usually like each other. Socially, they reject their fellow males and zero in on the females they discern via chemical receptors—or so scientists thought.

New research from Cornell University biologists suggests the fly’s , not just chemical receptors, are deeply involved with their social behaviors. The work sheds light on the possible origin of differences in human social behaviors, such as those seen in people with and autism.

The paper is published in Current Biology.

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