Learning in the context of sexual behaviour and danger in female and male Drosophila pseudoobscura

Learning in the context of mate choice is important because it can influence sexual selection and incipient speciation. While fruit flies (Drosophila spp.) have been a key model system for research on sexual selection, speciation and learning, much of the research on fruit fly learning in the context of sexual behaviour has focused on males even though females typically control mating decisions. In a series of experiments, we found no evidence …