Their appeal lies in their simplicity: A small species with a well-studied genome that is highly fertile, inexpensive, and easy to observe over multiple generations. In many ways, fruit flies have ...

This valuable study tests a methodology for the discovery of new honey bee-repellent odorants via machine learning. The conclusions of the study are supported by solid evidence, with predicted ...

Most people see fruit flies as a nuisance. A scientist at Washington State University Vancouver sees them as the key to understanding evolution.

How fruit flies mate may hold a key to limiting the spread of diseases by mosquitoes.

First, Lear's team helped to create tagged transgenic strains for more than 90% of known transcription factors in the fruit fly genome; collaborators at Yale generated tagged transgenic strains ...

How fruit flies mate may hold a key to limiting the spread of diseases by mosquitoes. In a new study, University of Iowa researchers found a gene that orchestrates the antenna movements of female ...

The fruit fly also remains a powerhouse for biological discovery. Its genome was sequenced in the 1990s. This was done in part as a trial run for assembly of the human genome, but also to allow ...

The house fly genome, published today (October 13) in Genome Biology, reveals expanded repertoires of genes involved in pathogen responses, detoxification, and chemosensing compared with the ...

State, city and county inspectors have cited Iowa restaurants and stores for hundreds of food-safety violations during the past six weeks, including expired food, not-for-sale meat, rodent droppings, ...

Fruit flies were crucial in uncovering how genes are inherited. Their genome, sequenced in the 1990s, revealed many similarities to human genes. This connection has allowed scientists to explore ...