The surprising behavior of male fruit flies under intense light conditions (phys.org) 31 points by gmays 2y ago ↗ HN
[–] [dead] hotdogscout 2y ago ↗ [flagged] [–] [deleted] 2y ago ↗ (comment deleted) [–] kendalf89 2y ago ↗ Lol I saw this phenomenon happen at the Abby the other night. [–] vjulian 2y ago ↗ Brookline, by chance?
[–] kendalf89 2y ago ↗ Lol I saw this phenomenon happen at the Abby the other night. [–] vjulian 2y ago ↗ Brookline, by chance?
[–] pazimzadeh 2y ago ↗ I haven’t read the study yet, but I wonder if it’s light only or light+heat from the light [–] thih9 2y ago ↗ I found no data about heat; but I saw this:> we examined males with a disrupted visual system. (…) In blind norpAP12 mutants, we found intense light did not induce courtship activity (figure 2d; electronic supplementary material, movie S1). [–] pazimzadeh 2y ago ↗ Light is clearly necessary, but is it sufficient?
[–] thih9 2y ago ↗ I found no data about heat; but I saw this:> we examined males with a disrupted visual system. (…) In blind norpAP12 mutants, we found intense light did not induce courtship activity (figure 2d; electronic supplementary material, movie S1). [–] pazimzadeh 2y ago ↗ Light is clearly necessary, but is it sufficient?
[–] pvaldes 2y ago ↗ Let me guess. Saturday night flyer?> "chaining" behavior—in which the flies formed a line, previously only seen among mutantsYep. Is not a real party until everybody is dancing La Conga
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[ 3.3 ms ] story [ 31.8 ms ] thread> we examined males with a disrupted visual system. (…) In blind norpAP12 mutants, we found intense light did not induce courtship activity (figure 2d; electronic supplementary material, movie S1).
> "chaining" behavior—in which the flies formed a line, previously only seen among mutants
Yep. Is not a real party until everybody is dancing La Conga