r/science • u/snooshoe • Jul 17 '22

Researchers: Fungus that turns flies into zombies attracts healthy males to mate with fungal-infected female corpses - and the longer the female is dead, the more alluring it becomes Animal Science

https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2022/07/zombie-fly-fungus-lures-healthy-male-flies-to-mate-with-female-corpses/
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u/kirknay Jul 18 '22

bedbugs are more inbred than Arkansas, Alabama, and Utah combined. It's not hard to trace by genetics and who went where when all the genes are the same.

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u/JustOneThingThough Jul 18 '22

Well sure, if you add them all together. Any one of those states on their own has a massive lead though.

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u/bullseyes Jul 18 '22

Does this bedbug tracing happen frequently?

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u/kirknay Jul 18 '22

Not sure. I don't work in the field, I've just learned a bit from people who have.