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Fruitless

By Nico Christie

An intervention in courtship-related circuitry, visualized with a small fly and recorded neural activity.

MaleCNSCircuit studyCourtship

What’s actually happening

Compares intact wiring with blocked mAL output in a 166,606-neuron model. Results are model-specific changes in candidate-neuron activity, not a demonstration of changing a real fly’s sexuality.

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Sources reviewed September 16, 2026. Experiments were not independently reproduced.