Social learning: what do Drosophila have to offer?
The recent finding that female Drosophila copy the mate-choice criteria of other females introduces a mainstream model species to the study of how animals use social information.
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Department of Biology and Environmental Science, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QG, UK.
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005075:Biological Evolution; D002755:Choice Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000502:physiology; D007100:Imitative Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology; D012938:Social Perception