Promiscuous fruit flies fight infection by boosting immunity before sex

Monday, November 4, 2013 - 12:00 in Biology & Nature

(Phys.org) —Female fruit flies regulate their genes before having sex to help them fight off sexually transmitted infections (STIs), researchers from our Department of Biology & Biochemistry have revealed.

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