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UC Davis scientists' groundbreaking research: Mate-attracting chemicals
10-27-2006 · EurekAlert!It's all about "the birds and the bees." And now, "the silkworm moths and the fruit flies."A chemical ecologist and a genetics researcher at the University of California, Davis, have joined forces to trick fruit flies into thinking that silkworm moths are potential mates.Groundbreaking research in the labs of chemical ecologist Walter Leal and genetics researcher Deborah Kimbrell shows that genetically engineered fruit flies responded to the silkworm moth scent of a female.
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