When a young gene known as sphinx is inactivated in the common fruit fly, it leads to increased male-male courtship, scientists report in the May 27, 2008, issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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When a young gene known as sphinx is inactivated in the common fruit fly, it leads to increased male-male courtship. Such behavior is widespread in many fly species, but not in Drosophila melanogaster, which has the sphinx gene. Other fly species do not. When two D. melanogaster males that lack the sphinx gene are put together, they court each other.
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May 26 (Bloomberg) -- Gold gained for a second day as surging energy costs and the dollar's weakness against the euro boosted demand for a hedge against inflation. Silver also advanced.
May 27 (Bloomberg) -- Oil rose a second day in New York and traded above $133 a barrel, after reaching a record last week, as militants attacked facilities in Nigeria and OPEC's president ruled out an increase in supplies.
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