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Evolutionary adaptations enable the fruit fly Drosophila busckii to detect and utilize toxic food sources. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena have discovered that the fruit fly Drosophila busckii has developed a tolerance to the toxic sulfur compound dimethyl disulfide (DMDS). Drosophila busckii could be a useful model for investigating the development of resistance to toxic gases and ecological… Read more »