2-D sex images elicit mate copying in fruit flies

S Nöbel, M Monier, D Villa, É Danchin, G Isabel - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Although the environment is three-dimensional (3-D), humans are able to extract subtle
information from two-dimensional (2-D) images, particularly in the domain of sex. However …

Long-term social memory of mate copying in Drosophila melanogaster is localized in mushroom bodies

S Nöbel, E Danchin, G Isabel - Scientific Reports, 2025 - nature.com
Long-term social memory (LTSM) is a key feature to elicit the cultural inheritance of
behaviour independently of genetics. However, the neurobiological basis of LTSM remains …

A social learning primacy trend in mate-copying: an experiment in Drosophila melanogaster

R Santiago Araújo, S Nöbel… - Royal Society …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Social learning is learning from the observation of how others interact with the environment.
However, in nature, individuals often need to process serial social information and may …

Learning from in-group and out-group models induces separative effects on human mate copying

J **e, L Li, Y Lu, J Zhuang, Y Wu, P Li… - Social Cognitive and …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Mate copying is a social learning process in which individuals gather public information
about potential mates by observing models' choices. Previous studies have reported that …

Chemical mate choice copying in Drosophila melanogaster

B Mitchell, A Abbott, A Brown, L Skinner, E Umarova… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Mate choice is a critical decision especially for females that requires time and energy to
assess potential partners' genetic quality. Consequently, in many species, females have …

On the use of kinship and familiarity associated social information in mediating Drosophila melanogaster oviposition decisions

E Rakosy, S Talagala, TAF Long - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Decisions about where to lay one's eggs are of great importance, as the specific conditions
in one's offspring developmental environment may be critical to their subsequent survival …

Culture in insects

É Danchin, G Isabel, S Nöbel - 2023 - academic.oup.com
Does culture exist in insects? The answer is probably yes. No insect studies document
patterns of behavioural variation among wild populations (ie traditions), but some lab studies …

[CITATION][C] La belle histoire du kakapo

É Danchin - 2023 - HUMENSCIENCES