Fruit, flies and getting frisky: how food odours trigger sexual arousal

T1Covered by 1 source · first reported by Nature / Science / Nature Biotechnology at 04 Nov, 00:00 UTC

Nature, Published online: 04 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03271-0 Males of a Drosophila species that thrives on a particular fruit need the smell of food to begin courtship. This environmental cue acts on defined mating circuits in the brain.

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• T1Fruit, flies and getting frisky: how food odours trigger sexual arousalNature / Science / Nature Biotechnology04 Nov, 00:00