Researchers from New York University have developed a new protocol to generate gene specific split GAL4 lines in Drosophila ...

Fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) may be pests to humans, but they have their own pests to contend with. Ectoparasitic mites such as G. queenslandicus are some of the worst. Being bitten can put ...

Caitlyn Perry receives funding from the Australian Research Council. The common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster), more correctly called the vinegar fly, is a frequent visitor to ripe fruit in ...

A team of researchers have created a new resource for studying motor control of wing movements in fruit flies.

A particularly useful model organism is Drosophila melanogaster, commonly known as the fruit fly. This fly has become the main invertebrate model used to study developmental genetics. It has been ...

Dr Erica McAlister uncovers a treasure trove of remarkable insights from the insect world including the innocuous flies that are Drosophila melanogaster. More is known about these flies than any ...

Here, we test this prediction for a Spiroplasma strain transinfected into the novel host Drosophila melanogaster. In the generations immediately following transinfection, the symbiont had low ...