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Pregnancy in humans induces cravings for special food: the same occurs in Drosophila females. New work now shows that mating throws a nutritional switch in favor of a high-protein diet and that modulation of nutritional balance depends on the sex peptide receptor and involves neuronal TOR-S6 kinase signaling. 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20541491 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2010.04.038
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Biol ISSN: 0960-9822 Impact factor: 10.834