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Comment
. 2014;8(4):234-6.
doi: 10.1080/19336934.2015.1045694. Epub 2015 May 13.

Male sexual behaviour and ethanol consumption from an evolutionary perspective: A comment on "Sexual Deprivation Increases Ethanol Intake in Drosophila"

Palestina Guevara-Fiore  1 , John A Endler
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Male sexual behaviour and ethanol consumption from an evolutionary perspective: A comment on "Sexual Deprivation Increases Ethanol Intake in Drosophila"

Palestina Guevara-Fiore et al. Fly (Austin). 2014.

Abstract

Shohat-Ophir et al. (1) demonstrate a connection between sexual behaviour and ethanol consumption in male Drosophila flies, and how the neuropeptide F system regulates ethanol preference. Their results are rightly discussed only in a physiological context, but this has facilitated erroneous anthropomorphic interpretations by the media. Here we discuss the link between male sexual behaviour and ethanol consumption from an evolutionary perspective, providing a broader context to interpret their results.

Keywords: NPF system; alcohol; ethanol; sexual behaviour; sexual deprivation.

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