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dArc1 controls sugar reward valuation in Drosophila melanogaster
The Arc genes, which include Drosophila Arc1 and Arc2 (dArc), evolved from Ty3 retrotransposons and encode proteins that form virus-like capsids. These capsids enable a novel form of intercellular com...
