# Simple methods to acutely measure multiple timing metrics among the sexual repertoire of male Drosophila

Source: [eLife: latest articles](https://elifesciences.org/articles/109742) · 2026-11-06 · Life
Page: https://themorning.science/story/simple-methods-to-acutely-measure-multiple-timing-metrics-among-the-sexual-reper-482b7d532c974547

Male Drosophila courtship behavior is a key model for studying temporal decision-making. While courtship index (CI) is widely used to quantify mating activity, other timing metrics like courtship latency, copulation latency (CL), and mating duration (MD) remain understudied…

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- [Simple methods to acutely measure multiple timing metrics among the sexual repertoire of male Drosophila](https://elifesciences.org/articles/109742) — eLife: latest articles, 2026-11-06

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