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Fruit flies give further insight into evolution of male genitalia driven by sexual selection
Both are species of the Drosophila melanogaster subgroup of fruit flies. These lobes have rapidly changed in shape and size in less than 240,000 years and those of Drosophila simulans are much ...
The Conversation29d
‘One of the most important species for science’: how the humble fruit fly transformed 4 fields of research
In fact, Drosophila melanogaster has been one of the most important species for science for more than a century. Were it not for these flies, some of the most significant scientific discoveries ...
Nature19d
Humidity Reaction in Drosophila melanogaster
IN an investigation on the chemoreceptivity of Drosophila melanogaster (Oregon), Begg and Hogben 1 stated that the normal undesiccated males of this species showed a response to moisture if the ...
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Preference for decay
The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster is well known as a fruit pest, especially in summer. It is widely used in research and has become one of the best established model organisms for the study of ...