Salt marshes are home to tiny crustaceans called amphipods that keep a low profile: Their gray-brown coloring helps them blend in with their surroundings, and they spend most of their time hiding under vegetation. But when ...
Ecology
Aug 23, 2023
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Researchers at the Faculty of Biology at TUD Dresden University of Technology have investigated the interaction between genes and nutrition using the fruit fly as an example. Their results are surprising and show that minimal ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 23, 2023
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A team of neurosensory researchers from the University of Oxford, Universität Oldenburg and the University of Exeter has replicated landmark studies reporting magnetic sensing in Drosophila fruit flies and failed to find ...
Much about tiny, swimming rotifers makes them ideal study subjects. Although barely visible to the naked eye, these transparent animals and their innards are readily viewed under a microscope. What's more, they grow readily ...
Biotechnology
Aug 4, 2023
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New York University researchers have discovered new cell types in the visual system of flies, made possible by their creation of a tool that finds and labels neurons during development.
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 31, 2023
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California agricultural officials have placed a 79-square-mile area in Los Angeles County under quarantine because of the presence of an invasive fruit fly.
Ecology
Jul 31, 2023
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For the first time, scientists have managed to induce virgin birth in an animal that usually reproduces sexually: the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster.
Biotechnology
Jul 28, 2023
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The discovery of insulin has saved the lives of millions of people with diabetes worldwide, but little is known about the first step of insulin synthesis.
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 24, 2023
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Assessing a number of elements, whether individuals in a group, twigs in a nest, or fruit on a branch, is an essential skill in many animals. But the neural circuits on which it is based are still poorly understood.
Plants & Animals
Jul 14, 2023
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How can you tell if a fruit fly is hungry? Ask a computer.
Biotechnology
Jun 30, 2023
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