Researchers have gained comprehensive insights into the entire nervous system of the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster). The study describes in detail the neurons that span the entire nervous system ...

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

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 ...

In a recent study published in Science Advances, researchers present ecological and evolutionary perspectives for alcohol attraction among Drosophila melanogaster flies. These flies, which have ...

Life moves differently for some creatures—some animals live entire lifetimes faster than a single season can turn. Out in the wild, survival is not always about who lives the longest but who makes the ...

Herein, we present our ecotoxicology study on the effects of HDPE microplastics on the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster ... the locomotion of larvae and adult flies, the mass of female and male ...

Methods: This study investigates the effects of Dapagliflozin (DAPA), a novel insulin sensitizer and SGLT2 inhibitor, on aging ISCs using the Drosophila melanogaster ... of DAPA on the lifespan, ...

The male frogs measure only 20-30 millimeters ... Zaky, another assistant curator, gave an example of when his team bred Drosophila melanogaster or fruit flies. KOMPAS/Fakhri Fadlurrohman A number of ...