Since their origin as a practical genetic model, fruit flies have made their mark across physiological and behavioral research fields thanks to their small size, known life history traits, and ...

Is there only one optimal configuration an organism can reach during evolution? Is there a single formula that describes the trajectory towards the optimum? And can we 'derive' it in a purely ...

The beautiful, fascinating and often perplexing world around us grows from intricate and convoluted interactions of millions ...

BEIJING -- Researchers have constructed a comprehensive 3D spatiotemporal multi-omics atlas of single cells throughout the ...

Of course, findings made in model organisms like fruit flies can’t be applied directly to humans because of the many differences between the two biological systems. But we did share a common ancestor ...

And interestingly, the fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) may have been the perfect place to start.In the world of genetics, their species is what’s known as a “model organism,” which ...

Researchers have discovered how an inflammatory feedback loop initiated as cancer cells die helps cancer hijack immune responses in order to spread.

The fruit flies were fed diets spiked with two distinct concentrations of MPs: 1×MPs at 0.02 mg/mL and 10×MPs at 0.2 mg/mL. The exposure periods encompassed various developmental stages ...

India’s first crewed space flight Gaganyaan-1 will carry fruit flies to shed light on how space travel affects the biology of living organisms. Space travel exposes organisms to an extraordinary ...

Scientists announced on Thursday a milestone in neurobiological research with the mapping of the entire brain of an adult fruit fly, a feat that may provide insight into brains across the animal ...