Tuesday, October 10, 2006

30x More Aggressive Flys in 21 generations!

"More aggressive males started to appear after only 5 generations, and by the 21st generation, Dr. Dierick found that the aggressiveness of male fruit flies had increased more than 30-fold, according to a scoring system he developed."

Flyweights, Yes, but Fighters Nonetheless: Fruit Flies Bred for Aggressiveness - New York Times

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