Chemosensation drives divergent social behavior in Drosophila.

ABSTRACT: Social interactions play a key role in animal survival and reproduction, shaping mating success, cooperation, competition, and the transmission of information and disease. Across species, the social environment not only influences behavior but also feeds back on physiology, stress responses, and evolutionary trajectories. Despite this central importance, the molecular signals that control how animals sense and respond to one another remain incompletely understood. Drosophila melanogaster provides a powerful model to probe these mechanisms, as it combines a rich repertoire of social behaviors with unparalleled genetic tools, highly accessible neural circuits, and evolutionary conservation of key molecular pathways underlying sensory processing. Using this system, we investigated behavioral

SUBMITTER: Wu B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12586464 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature