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Shape-shifting molecule aids memory in fruit flies

Prionlike protein Orb2 offers clues to mechanism for remembering

FEELING FLY  A protein called Orb2 may store fruit flies’ long-term memories, such as those that remind a male fly when its wing-waggling courtship is futile.

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By Laura Sanders

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