Friday, April 18, 2008

The Miesenboeck Matrix


Speaking of Armageddon, there's nothing more comforting than the idea of accessing the "master switches" or "command centres" of flies' brains in order to confuse them of their gender. The point of this entire procedure was to control their sexual behaviour.

Professor Miesenboeck, el mastermindo, states that:
"It is often the case that males have to work very hard to convince females to mate with them... In many animal species, males have to put on elaborate courtship displays to impress females - even the tiny fruit fly."

I think the best line comes when he confirms that:
"... if the female likes that sound, she'll surrender to his advances."

I'm not providing any context, by the way. It seems better as such.
Check the article, courtesy of BBC News, here.

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