Lukas VF Novak on Nostr: Male stalk-eyed #flies with short eyestalks are less attractive but fight more ...
Male stalk-eyed #flies with short eyestalks are less attractive but fight more fiercely https://phys.org/news/2024-10-male-stalk-eyed-flies-short.html
Stalk-eyed flies carrying a driving X chromosome compensate by increasing fight intensity https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/ethology/articles/10.3389/fetho.2024.1461681/full
"Females prefer males with longer eyestalks, and other males are less likely to fight them. But some males have a copy of the X chromosome which causes short eyestalks... the flies could be compensating for their shorter eyestalks with increased aggression."
Stalk-eyed flies carrying a driving X chromosome compensate by increasing fight intensity https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/ethology/articles/10.3389/fetho.2024.1461681/full
"Females prefer males with longer eyestalks, and other males are less likely to fight them. But some males have a copy of the X chromosome which causes short eyestalks... the flies could be compensating for their shorter eyestalks with increased aggression."