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Male extinction prevented by promiscuous females
Female fruit flies with a large number of sexual partners are playing an invaluable role in preventing the extinction of males, research at the University of Liverpool has shown.Scientists have found that flies in the northern parts of the United States are more inclined to have multiple partners in order to reduce the occurrence of an X chromosome which causes the production of only female offspring.
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Why Female Flies Eat Sperm
Female Ulidiid flies expel and eat ejaculate as a way to control who will father their offspring, a new study says.