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Drosophila derived from the Greek word drósos means dew loving. They belong to the Droso-philidae family; and are most frequently known as fruit flies or often called vinegar, wine or pomace flies. Drosophila melanogaster is a small, common fly found near unripe and rotted fruit.
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JUL 23, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
New research may have finally shown why sleep is so crucial...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 27, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have now created an encyclopedia of gene function for all known human genes that code for protein. This data
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 31, 2024
Microbiology
Image courtesy of Ren Dodge/Carnegie Science shows Lactobacillus (red) in a certain part of the fruit fly gastrointestin
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 15, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
A wide variety of research studies using different models have shown that dietary restriction can delay the onset of agi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 27, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Organisms are made up of cells, and in each of those cells, a genome encodes the instructions for that organism to grow
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 20, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Drosophila melanogaster, or fruit flies, are convenient research tools, and they have many genes in common with humans.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 31, 2024
Microbiology
There are many fungi & insect relationships; some are beneficial. But fungi are also the most common cause of infectious
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 07, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
A map of 139,205 neurons and over 50 million synapses in the brain of an adult fruit fly / Image courtesy: Tyler Sloan,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Two new studies have outlined major new findings in Parkinson's disease genetics. One has identified a gene that could r
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 09, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
There are about 20,000 genes that encode for protein in the human genome, and we don't know much about many of them.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 16, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Before the Cambrian explosion, also known as the biological big bang, produced a huge array of animals. But the foundati
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 24, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
The earth has a magnetic field, and some animals such as monarch butterflies and turtles can use it to navigate during l
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 15, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
As we age, the cells we carry in our bodies can pick up new mutations. Research has indicated that in many species, huma
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 11, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
In the early embryo, there is a cascade of cellular movement, and all of those cells have to move to the right position
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 21, 2022
Neuroscience
Our bodies have several systems branching through them, like veins, arteries, and neurons. In the brain, neurons g
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers used new long-read genetic sequencing technology to show that there are bacterial genomes within the genome
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 12, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
The genetic mutations that have been studied the most are those that have been linked to human disease, but what about m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 08, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
In life, animals have to be able to adapt their priorities, sometimes in critical situations, or to change focus from on
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 31, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Our bodies have some healing and regenerative capabilities. For most of us, cuts will mend, we'll recover from mild infe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 22, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Evolution has allowed organisms to adapt to their environments, sometimes in very specific ways, through changes in thei
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 03, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Organisms follow the cycle of the day, even at the cellular level, creating an internal clock. Humans' biology will
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 09, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
In diagrams of cells, DNA is usually shown as a mass in the cell's nucleus, like a bowl of ramen noodles. But researcher
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 21, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Over the past year and a half, may people have been isolated and have spent far more time alone than usual. For some, th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 23, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
The brain of the fruit fly may only be the size of a poppy seed, but it seems that it's capable of making prediction
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch