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Science 31 August 1962:
Vol. 137. no. 3531, pp. 677 - 678
DOI: 10.1126/science.137.3531.677
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Nature of the Sound Produced by Drosophila melanogaster during Courtship

H. H. Shorey 1

1 Citrus Research Center and Agricultural Experiment Station, University of California, Riverside

The wing vibrations of courting male Drosophila melanogaster Meigen produced pulsations of sound, with each pulse apparently caused by 1 to 2 cycles of wing movement. The average repetition rate at 25°C was 29.8 pulses per second. The rate was dependent on temperature, increasing at 1.4 pulses per additional degree Celsius.


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