The irresistible fragrance of dying vinegar flies
Wednesday, August 16, 2017 - 04:02
in Biology & Nature
Markus Knaden and Bill Hansson, and their colleagues at the Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, study ecologically relevant odors in the natural environment of insects, especially vinegar flies. In this new study they focused on a deadly smell: the odor of conspecifics which have a lethal bacterial infection.