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Drosophila melanogaster

Drosophila melanogaster, a dipteran (two-winged) insect, is the species of fruit fly that is commonly used in genetic experiments; it is among the most important model organisms.

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Freezing Fruit Flies for Future Function

Oct. 13, 2021 —Researchers demonstrate a new technique for the cryopreservation of fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. Frozen Drosophila primordial germ cells, which give rise to reproductive cells during ...

New Method Preserves Viable Fruit Fly Embryos in Liquid Nitrogen

Apr. 27, 2021 —A team has developed a method that cryopreserves fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) embryos so they can be successfully recovered and developed into adult ...

Research Provides a New Understanding of How a Model Insect Species Sees Color

Oct. 26, 2020 —Through an effort to characterize the color receptors in the eyes of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, researchers discovered the spectrum of light it can see deviates significantly from what ...

Electrical Synapses in the Neural Network of Insects Found to Have Unexpected Role in Controlling Flight Power

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Controlling Carbs and Fat: Learning from the Fruit Fly

Aug. 18, 2021 —Researchers have identified midgut-derived Neuropeptide F as a key regulator of sugar and lipid metabolism in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. Its hormonal actions are mediated through ...

Biological Clue to Why Stressed out Fruit flies die Sooner

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Local Motion Detectors in Fruit Flies Sense Complex Patterns Generated by Their Own Motion

Apr. 5, 2022 —Scientists have gained new insights into how the eye of Drosophila processes motion patterns that are generated by self-motion through space. They have discovered that direction-selective cells can ...

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Drosophila melanogaster

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Evolution: Two Routes to the Same Destination

Freezing Fruit Flies for Future Function

New Method Preserves Viable Fruit Fly Embryos in Liquid Nitrogen

Research Provides a New Understanding of How a Model Insect Species Sees Color

Electrical Synapses in the Neural Network of Insects Found to Have Unexpected Role in Controlling Flight Power

Controlling Carbs and Fat: Learning from the Fruit Fly

Biological Clue to Why Stressed out Fruit flies die Sooner

Membraneless Organelles: From Liquid to Solid to Drive Development

CRISPR-Based Tech Targets Global Crop Pest

Local Motion Detectors in Fruit Flies Sense Complex Patterns Generated by Their Own Motion

How Urea May Have Been the Gateway to Life

Clean, Sustainable Fuels Made 'from Thin Air' and Plastic Waste

Fossil Study Sheds Light on Famous Spirals Found in Nature

Plants Can Distinguish When Touch Starts and Stops, Study Suggests

Pathogenic Bacteria Use a Sugar in the Intestinal Mucus Layer to Infect the Gut, Study Shows

Hedging Strategy for Coral Restoration Balances Diversity, Ecosystem Benefits

Amazon Dolphins at Risk from Fishing, Dams and Dredging

World's Most Threatened Seabirds Visit Remote Plastic Pollution Hotspots

Birds Raise Fewer Young When Spring Arrives Earlier in a Warming World

Chemists Discover Why Photosynthetic Light-Harvesting Is So Efficient

Counting Africa's Largest Bat Colony

AI and CRISPR Precisely Control Gene Expression

Sheep and Cattle-Killing Disease Carriers Never Take a Break

New A.I. System Can Decode Fruit Fly Behaviors: Why That's 'Pivotal' for Future Human Genetics Research

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