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Selection was combined with training to study learning in the flour beetle,Tribolium castaneum. The response was rapid when selecting for both normal (N) and garlic-aversive (G) food preference — which increased for N and decreased for G. N adults can be conditioned to go toward the medium on which they were raised. Preference of G females is explained by habituation and that of N males by conditioning. This suggested that conditioning or habituation depends on the genetic background and sex.
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MHS would like to thank I. M. Lerner and T. M. Alloway for reading and commenting on an early draft of the manuscript.
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Soliman, M.H., Hay, D.A. Interaction of genotype and learning in the food preference of the flour beetle,Tribolium castaneum . Experientia 34, 329–331 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01923016
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