Animal Behavior & CognitionCommunications BiologyPeer-reviewed
Chemosensation drives divergent social behavior in Drosophila
Binbin Wu, Erin S. Keebaugh, William W. Ja
This study identifies chemosensation, specifically the OR43a receptor, as a driver of divergent social behavior in Drosophila, showing sexual dimorphism and strain-specific genetic variation.
DOI 10.1038/s42003-025-08886-z