Brain-invading bacterium is making fruit flies extra frisky

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Brain-invading bacterium is making fruit flies extra frisky

Naked Scientists, In Short Special Editions Podcast

4 minutes 54 seconds

1 month ago

Brain-invading bacterium is making fruit flies extra frisky

What if a parasite could rewire your brain - not to harm you, but to make you... more romantic? This week on The Naked Scientists, we're exploring the bizarre world of Wolbachia - a bacterium that turns female fruit flies into mating machines. Marushka Soobben with the story... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists