Same-sex housing

Exposure

1 paper2 findings

  • 1 lab in 1 country
  • Funders: Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and 1 more
  • Model organisms1

Outcomes

2

Courtship and activity

upin flies1

1 study
  1. Same-sex housing improves courtship and activity in flies.

    “corresponding males maintained higher courtship and activity with age, with no detectable effect on lifespan.”

    Model organismshoused with malesmales

    Fast females, slow males: accelerated ageing and reproductive senescence in Drosophila melanogaster females across diverse social environments

    Evolution letters8 Nov 2025

Reproductive senescence

upin flies1

1 study
  1. Same-sex housing increases reproductive senescence in flies.

    “females housed with females exhibited faster reproductive ageing at a marginal lifespan cost”

    Model organismshoused with femalesfemales

    Fast females, slow males: accelerated ageing and reproductive senescence in Drosophila melanogaster females across diverse social environments

    Evolution letters8 Nov 2025

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