Not too hard, not too soft, rotting fruit is just right for fruit fly maggots | Food hardness preference reveals multisensory contributions of fly larval gustatory organs in behaviour and physiology
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#FruitFlyResearch #GustatoryOrgans #MaggotBehavior #FoodPreference #MultisensoryScience
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Not too hard, not too soft, rotting fruit is just right - for fruit fly maggots
It turns out, a maggot's preference for rotting fruit has as much to do with texture as taste. Researchers are looking into figuring out why and what neurons are responsible.
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