Fruit flies force their young to drink alcohol for their own good




When fruit flies sense parasitic wasps in their environment, they lay their eggs in an alcohol-soaked environment, essentially forcing their larvae to consume booze as a drug to combat the deadly wasps. The finding adds to the evidence that using toxins in the environment to medicate offspring may be common across the animal kingdom.

Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/5...

Viernes, 22 de Febrero 2013
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