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Fruit Fly Courtship

By: Cindy Gay
Science Topic
Anatomy & PhysiologyEcology
Level
High School — AP/IB

Cindy Gay presents BioInteractive's short video clip demonstrating the fruit fly courtship dance and its role in selection. She describes how she uses the clip in her AP® Biology curriculum, and how it connects to topics ranging from animal behavior to sympatric speciation.

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