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Foraging modulates heart calcium levels based on male social context
When male flies are socially enriched with rival males, calcium levels in their hearts increase. The foraging gene, known to influence social behavior, modulates this heart activity through specific neuropeptidergic signals from the brain. Miao et al. 2025
Image Credit: Image courtesy of Hongyu Miao, Woo Jae Kim lab, The HIT Center for Life Sciences, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China.
Citation: (2025) PLoS Genetics Issue Image | Vol. 21(7) August 2025. PLoS Genet 21(7): ev21.i07. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pgen.v21.i07
Published: August 6, 2025
Copyright: © 2025 . This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
When male flies are socially enriched with rival males, calcium levels in their hearts increase. The foraging gene, known to influence social behavior, modulates this heart activity through specific neuropeptidergic signals from the brain. Miao et al. 2025
Image Credit: Image courtesy of Hongyu Miao, Woo Jae Kim lab, The HIT Center for Life Sciences, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China.