News tagged with vinegar fly
Deceitful lily fools flies: Solomon's lily imitates a yeasty odor to lure vinegar flies into a trap
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany, have solved a case of fraud that has been pending for 40 million years. Arum palaestinum, also called the So ...
Oct 07, 2010 |
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Nowhere to hide: Some species are unable to adapt to climate change due to their genes
Species living in restricted environments such as the tropics may lack adequate variation in their genes and be unable to adapt to climate change, according to a new study.
Sep 03, 2009 |
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Berry growers cautioned about new insect pest
(PhysOrg.com) -- Late last summer, a single fruit fly dropped into a vinegar trap in the Hudson Valley, alerting extension specialists to spotted wing drosophila's (SWD) arrival to New York state. This tiny ...
Mar 28, 2012 |
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An invasive Asian fly is taking over European fruit
Coming from the Asian continent, Drosophila suzukii has only been in Spain for a short time. Far away from slipping through into the Iberian Peninsula, it accelerated towards the north of Europe where it has ...
Mar 16, 2012 |
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Fruit fly's response to starvation could help control human appetites
Biologists at UC San Diego have identified the molecular mechanisms triggered by starvation in fruit flies that enhance the nervous system's response to smell, allowing these insects and presumably vertebrates—including ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 31, 2011 |
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Age doesn't matter: New genes are as essential as ancient ones
New genes that have evolved in species as little as one million years ago – a virtual blink in evolutionary history – can be just as essential for life as ancient genes, startling new research has discovered.
Dec 16, 2010 |
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Scientists discover aggression-promoting pheromone in flies (w/ Video)
Have you ever found yourself struggling to get your order taken at a crowded bar or lunch counter, only to walk away in disgust as more aggressive customers elbow their way to the front? It turns out that ...
Dec 06, 2009 |
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Scientists find emotion-like behaviors, regulated by dopamine, in fruit flies
Scientists at the California Institute of Technology have uncovered evidence of a primitive emotion-like behavior in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. Their findings, which may be relevant to the relationship betwee ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 25, 2009 |
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Fruit fly pest identified in wine grapes
A newly recognized pest in Oregon continues to concern fruit growers and researchers with the recent discovery of a Spotted Wing Drosophila fly in a sample of Willamette Valley wine grapes.
Oct 15, 2009 |
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Strong Odor Flips a Neural Switch Between Attraction and Aversion
(PhysOrg.com) -- Even the most alluring scent can turn repellant when the smell is too strong, but how that switch between attraction and aversion gets flipped in the brain was unknown.
May 05, 2009 |
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Taking the sting out of insect disease
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Queensland researchers have made a discovery that could open up a new front in the fight against insect-transmitted diseases.
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Oct 31, 2008 |
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What is wild? Odor attraction among different wildtype Drosophila
Vinegar flies (Drosophila melanogaster) show a highly selective behavior towards odor stimuli. A series of behavioral studies showed that a single olfactory stimulus is often not sufficient for immediate attrac ...
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Oct 02, 2008 |
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