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Flies Found To Have Internal Thermosensors Friday, June 20, 2008 - Ehud Rattner Home >> Headlines >> Biology   
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Flies, unlike humans, can't manipulate the temperature of their surroundings so they need to pick the best spot for flourishing. New Brandeis University research in this week's Nature reveals that they have internal thermosensors to help them. Biologist Paul Garrity and his colleagues have discovered that the fruitfly Drosophila has four large heat-responsive neurons located in its brain. (source: brandeis.edu)
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