Sex-specific behavioral feedback modulates sensorimotor processing and drives flexible social behavior
Sarath Ravindran Nair, Adrián Palacios-Muñoz, Sage Martineau, Malak Nasr, Jan Clemens · 2026
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Description
Sarath Ravindran Nair and co-authors study how fruit fly courtship changes with the sex of the partner, in work from two thousand twenty-six. Males sing to partners, who are usually female but can be male. The basic rules of song and courtship stay the same either way, the team found.
What changes is the feedback from the partner. Females slow down in response to song, while males turn toward the singer. Light-based tests showed that these replies run through sex-linked brain circuits. Fixed rules plus shifting feedback thus yield flexible social acts. The finding frames a broad way that complex social behavior can bend.
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| CREATOR | Sarath Ravindran Nair, Adrián Palacios-Muñoz, Sage Martineau, Malak Nasr, Jan Clemens |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 89 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |