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Fruit Fly Sperms Make Females Do Housework After Sex

This definitely cannot be used in middle and high school classrooms, but it's just something funny I saw and thought it was cool.  The sperm of the male fruit flies are attached with sex peptides to the tail of the sperm, which after sex, inhibits the females to get any rest and forces her into intense activities.

Now we have an idea of where men get their genes from. =)...

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biology, sex, fruit flies
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Material Type:
Open (Access) Journal-Article
Date Added to MERLOT:
September 30, 2009
Date Modified in MERLOT:
May 25, 2021
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Txong Her
Asian American, Native American, Pacific Islander Serving Institution Hispanic Serving Institution
Primary Audience:
College General Ed
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English
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Jim Bidlack
Jim Bidlack (Faculty)
13 years ago

Very entertaining material at this site. Good information and easy to read.

Used in course? Yes
Time spent reviewing site: a few minutes