Dartmouth Researchers Discover That Fruit Fly Species Use Social Learning to Protect Offspring

A new study by Geisel researchers, which appears in the journal PLOS Genetics, reveals that fruit flies are capable of learning the dialects of other fly species through communal living. Lead author Balint Kacsoh describes how fruit flies use a complex set of cues to warn one another about the threat of predatory wasps.

Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School - July 24, 2018 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Timothy Dean Tags: News Research Source Type: news