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See other Science/Tech ArticlesTitle: Sexual tsunami
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Telegraph.co.uk
URL Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/ ... sts-create-sexual-tsunami.html
Published: Oct 17, 2009
Author: Chris Irvine
Post Date: 2009-10-17 01:54:40 by Armadillo
Keywords: sex, pheromone, fly, horny
Views: 202
Comments: 6
Scientists at the University of Toronto found that by genetically tweaking fruit flies so they failed to produce a particular type of pheromone or odour, it turned them irresistible to their species. ... They discovered that when the pheromone was removed, it created a "sexual tsunami" where the bugs proved attractive to one another, regardless of sex. The research found that male fruit flies with no history of homosexuality attempted to mate with their pheromone-free males, according to the research published in journal Nature. Even flies of a different species were interested, according to the research team.
This is cool. If they could make that work for humans, maybe even I could get laid. "We may rely more on the visual system, and we may have a more complex way of assessing other individuals and classifying them and determining how we're going to relate to them than a fly does."
Ohhhh crap. Just when they got my hopes up. Click for Full Text!
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