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Title Sex- And Food-Deprived Fruit Flies Feast before Flirting Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet https://www.genengnews.com/ Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 6/08/21 Description Animals make behavioral choices every day. But how do they prioritize one need over another—especially when those choices are both necessary for survival and reproduction? Researchers at the University of Birmingham used Drosophila melanogaster to study this behavioral conflict. They found that sex- and food-deprived male flies prioritize feeding over courtship initiation. They also showed that this decision can be fine-tuned by changes to the quality of the food or the animal’s internal state and pinpoint the neuronal impulses triggered in flies’ brains when faced with the critical choices of feeding or mating. Persons Carolina Rezaval