female fruit flies temporarily lose interest in sex after mating due to sex peptide

females flies lose their interest in sex for a time because of the influence of a substance known as sex peptide, which males inject along with sperm at the culmination of the encounter. This causes them to reject the advances of the male flies.

Source: Sex-deprived fruit flies drink more alcohol [physorg]

added 2012-03-16T10:18:34Z by anders

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