Metabolomic sexual dimorphism

Sex is associated with metabolomic sexual dimorphism in flies.

“numerous metabolites remain consistently sexually dimorphic across species and age groups, suggesting that sex-specific metabolic regulation is deeply evolutionarily conserved.”

Model organismsacross 11 Drosophila species and age groups

Evolutionary Conservation of the Effects of Sex and Age in the Drosophila Metabolome

GSA 2025 abstract·31 Dec 2025