Male stalkeyed flies with short eyestalks are less attractive to females but fight more fiercely, scientists discover - Peer2Peer

Male stalkeyed flies with short eyestalks are less attractive to females but fight more fiercely, scientists discover

Oct 20, 2024

In stalk-eyed flies, longer eyestalks attract the ladies. Females prefer males with longer eyestalks, and other males are less likely to fight them for access to females. But some males have a copy of the X chromosome which always causes short eyestalks.

https://phys.org/news/2024-10-male-stalk-eyed-flies-short.html

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