Baylor College of Medicine scientists have filled in the final gaps of the genetic map of the fruit fly, an insect long considered a vital tool in the study of human disease. Collaborating with U.S.

The study provides a comprehensive behavioral dataset of Drosophila melanogaster, categorized by genetic background, sex, and social context (isolated or in groups). Beyond enabling detailed analyses ...

Fruit flies are excellent research models, in part because it is so easy and inexpensive to raise them, and also because they are so well characterized. The DNA of these insects is estimated to be ...

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This fruit fly, or Drosophila melanogaster, was collected in Europe around 1933 and added to the entomological collection at Lund University. UW–Madison researchers are using its DNA — with more from ...

Analyzing thousands of human brain samples and testing genes in fruit flies, researchers identified driver and protective pathways in Alzheimer’s, proposing a two-stage model linking amyloid, tau, and ...

New research shows that one fruit fly species contains whole genomes of a kind of bacteria, making this finding the largest bacteria-to-animal transfer of genetic material ever discovered. The new ...

Years of research in the field of genetics have offered interesting insights spanning the origins and development of heredity and traits, offering valuable information on its influence on every aspect ...