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Drosophila reared on a medium containing geraniol showed reduced aversion to its odour when adult. Experiments show that this change is caused by a form of habituation and is not associative learning.
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MANNING, A. “Pre-imaginal Conditioning” in Drosophila. Nature 216, 338–340 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/216338a0
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