Identity Domains Reveal How Life Experiences and the Microbiome Shape Individuality and Uncover the Presence of Social Memory in Drosophila
Hadar Pozeilov, Elia Dayan, Rotem Yehuda, Mali Levi, Galit Shohat-Ophir, Oren Forkosh
The paper identifies four stable behavioral identities in Drosophila and shows how social experience, mating, and microbiome manipulation alter their expression, revealing social memory.
bioRxiv · Nov 19, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience