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Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

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This is the ovary (specifically stained) of a female Drosophila sechellia fruit fly raised outside its host. Without L-DOPA in its food, oogenesis is halted.

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Sofia Lavista Llanos, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

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