This important study offers a molecular characterization of neurons and glia in the adult nervous system of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. The study focuses on the progeny of a specific set of ...

A new resource from the Gene Ontology Consortium, a comprehensive encyclopedia of the known functions of all protein-coding human genes, has just been ...

The researchers had discovered key genes for the development of the fly embryo, many of which also control embryonic development in humans. In view of all these distinctions for fruit fly researchers, ...

A new study has found there are many ways to build a barley plant. The study, published recently in the journal Nature Genetics, has highlighted the impact The James Hutton Institute has on global ...

Male fruit flies don't just sing to their mates; they also use sound-cancelling wing-flicks to jockey with rivals. This new understanding of how male flies compete for female partners could shed ...

A fungal infection has been shown to trigger a fruit fly’s own immune system to destroy brain cells leading to signs of neurodegeneration, a new study has found. The paper published in PLOS Biology ...

The researchers were able to accomplish this by adding genes from bacteria into the DNA of the fruit flies and zebrafish, which enabled them to produce two enzymes that worked together to detoxify ...

Scientists from Australia have successfully bioengineered genetically modified fruit flies ... has been gene edited in a lab. The researchers behind mercury munching flies and fish seemed to ...

In an article published in Molecular Cell, scientists have discovered how the three-dimensional organization of DNA in our cells influences genes across multiple generations. By manipulating the ...

A new, comprehensive map of all the genes essential for blood infections in Plasmodium knowlesi (P. knowlesi), a parasite that causes malaria in humans, has been generated by researchers at ...

A new, comprehensive map of all the genes essential for blood infections in Plasmodium knowlesi (P. knowlesi), a parasite that causes malaria in humans, has been generated by researchers at ...

Although humans and fruit flies are very different in appearance, they have some similarities in their genetics and metabolism, including the function of the nervous system and core aspects of ...