But the female spotted wing drosophila has a unique attribute: a saw-like tubular organ, called the ovipositor, which allows them to hack into fresh fruit to deposit their eggs, he said.

Researchers have combined video monitoring and genetic manipulation to examine the love life of fruit flies. On a hot summer day, in a darkened chamber, a video camera follows a couple as it engages ...

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 ...

Our new series, Animals in Research, profiles the top creatures for science experimentation, starting with Drosophila melanogaster – or, as you might know it, the fruit fly. More than a century ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bengaluru City University (BCU) organised a two-day workshop from Friday (January 17, 2025) at the Jnana Jyothi Auditorium, Central College campus, focusing on “Drosophila melanogaster as a ...

But over the course of the last century, researchers have turned the insect — known to science as Drosophila melanogaster — into a sort of genetic switchboard. Biologists regularly develop new ...