Why do females fight? For over a century, biologists thought that female aggression was uncommon in the animal kingdom. In this lecture, Dr. Eleanor Bath dispels that notion and shows that female aggression in fruit flies increases after mating. More specifically, she shows that semen and a small protein in the male ejaculate lead to increased female aggression in Drosophila melanogaster.
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Understanding Female Aggression in Fruit Flies
Eleanor Bath uses fruit flies to understand female aggression. (Talk recorded in May 2017)
Audience:
- Student
- Researcher
- Educators of H. School / Intro Undergrad
- Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
Duration: 23:10