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Why do flies fall in love?, Researchers tease out the signals behind fruit fly courtship songs
11 cze 2021 · Courtship, Interpersonal attraction, Nonverbal communication, Body language, Mate selection Publisher New York : St. Martin's Press Collection internetarchivebooks; printdisabled Contributor Internet Archive Language English Item Size 589.6M
The love song that D. melanogaster males produce during courtship is composed of a sine song with a carrier frequency of about 160 Hz and a pulse song with an interpulse interval (IPI) around 35 ms (Schilcher, 1976a; Wheeler et al., 1988, 1989).
Any of several nonverbal signs exchanged during the initial or attention phase of courtship. Usage: In courtship's first stage, signals go out to announce a. "I am here," b. "I am female" (or "I am male"), and c. "I mean you no harm--you may approach."
12 paź 2023 · A male fruit fly (blue) follows a female (red) during their courtship. The colored lines track every movement of each limb and body segment using SLEAP, a motion-capture program designed by Talmo Pereira, a 2021 Ph.D. graduate of Princeton, and his colleagues in the Murthy lab.
10 sty 2006 · Love Signals is part enthnography and part how-to. Dr. Givens documents the little courting rituals witnessed in elevators, on subways, and in the workplace. He examines the essential role the face plays in courtship and how it can be optimally displayed.
20 cze 2016 · These songs range from melodious bird calls to human love ballads to songs produced by wing vibration in the genus Drosophila, where a courtship song is produced when the male extends a single wing and vibrates it to encourage mating from a female.
