A team from the University of Michigan has developed a new software tool to help researchers across the life sciences more efficiently analyze animal behaviors.
Plants & Animals
Feb 24, 2023
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If you've ever found a banana overtaken by a swarm of tiny flies, you were in fact witnessing an orgy of amorous Drosophila melanogaster. These trespassers engage in fervent courtship and mating atop ripe fruits, and the ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 13, 2015
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In 2005, an ultramarathon runner ran continuously 560 kilometers (350 miles) in 80 hours, without sleeping or stopping. This distance was roughly 324,000 times the runner's body length. Yet this extreme feat pales in comparison ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 22, 2021
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The tiny tongue of a fruit fly could provide big answers to questions about human eating habits, possibly even leading to new ways to treat obesity, according to a study from a team of Texas A&M University researchers.
Biotechnology
Feb 11, 2010
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Many of us would love the superpower to fly, and for good reason: Flight offers a crucial evolutionary advantage. Flying enables an animal to travel large distances quickly, in search of food and new habitats, while expending ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 18, 2024
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Mating changes female behavior across a wide range of animals, with these changes induced by components of the male ejaculate, such as sperm and seminal fluid proteins. However, males can vary significantly in their ejaculates, ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 21, 2021
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Researchers from the Genomic Instability and Cancer Laboratory at Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) have identified a key role for EXD2 in protein production in the mitochondria, the cellular organelles ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 16, 2018
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Fruit flies can be truly annoying when they are buzzing around your living room or landing in your wine. But we have much to thank these tiny nuisances for—they revolutionized biological and medical science.
Plants & Animals
Jun 2, 2023
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Scientists headed by ICREA researcher Marco Milán, at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona, Spain), reveal a surprising new function of Notch protein that contrasts with the one known to date. Found ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 12, 2010
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Scientists at EPFL have developed an implantation technique that allows unprecedented optical access to the "spinal cord" of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. This work can potentially lead to breakthroughs in the fields ...
Biotechnology
Sep 13, 2022
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