Food or sex? Fruit flies give insight into decision-making

Individuals are likely to prioritize food over sex after being deprived of both, according to researchers who studied this behavioral conflict in fruit flies.  A new study pinpointed the precise neuronal impulses triggered in flies' brains when faced with the critical choices of feeding or mating.

source https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/08/210805115521.htm