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Biologists have discovered the gene controlling the mating preference of male European corn borer moths for the female sex pheromone A male European...

 E-Mail IMAGE: A male European corn borer moth (Ostrinia nubilalis) sexually courts a rubber septum doused with the sex pheromone of a female European corn borer moth view more  Credit: Callie Musto, Charles Linn The mysteries of sexual attraction just became a little less mysterious - at least for moths. A team of six American and European research groups including Tufts University has discovered which gene expressed in the brain of the male European corn borer moth controls his pref...