Fruit flies are persistent pests whose populations can reach problematic levels in record time. But where do they like to ...

If you’re a mosquito and it’s a warm spring afternoon, you’re out cruising the air currents on your tiny wings. But as you ...

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

Homeostasis is the ability of living organisms to maintain stable internal conditions, such as temperature, hydration and ...

Using brain mapping, genetic engineering and machine learning, scientists reveal how parasitic bacteria take over fruit fly ...

K nowing the location of a gene within intact tissue or a single cell allows scientists to unlock unknown cellular functions.

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

When a species reproduces, typically, each parent passes on one of their two versions (alleles) of a given gene to their offspring. But not all alleles play fair in their quest to be passed onto ...

For the first time, researchers at Leipzig University and other institutions have gained comprehensive insights into the entire nervous system of the ...

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 ...

(5,6) In this study, fruit fly D. melanogaster PGRP-LB Δ, obtained from the Host Defense and Responses Laboratory at Kanazawa University, Japan, was used as the model organism. The flies were ...

The AI model of a fruit fly that has been jointly developed by Google DeepMind and HHMI Janelia is called ‘flybody’ and it is an anatomically-detailed body model of the fruit fly – Drosophila ...