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  • Different genes, same result: How flies evolved multiple ways to define heads and tails
  • Genetic Toolkit Isolates Neuron Types in Drosophila Brain
  • Hippo signaling regulates cuticle pigmentation and dopamine metabolism in <i>Drosophila</i>

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phys.org /1 month ago

Different genes, same result: How flies evolved multiple ways to define heads and tails

One of the most important milestones in the early life of an organism is when the embryo breaks symmetry and arranges itself to form the head (anterior) at one end and tail (poster...

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genengnews.com /1 week ago

Genetic Toolkit Isolates Neuron Types in Drosophila Brain

By targeting specific neuron types in the Drosophila brain, researchers linked distinct octopamine/tyramine cell types to behaviors including aggression suppression and visual moti...

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journals.plos.org /2 weeks ago

Hippo signaling regulates cuticle pigmentation and dopamine metabolism in &lt;i&gt;Drosophila&lt;/i&gt;

by Shelley B. Gibson, Samantha L. Deal, Ye-Jin Park, Bo Sun, Yanyan Qi, Jung-Wan Mok, Hyung-Lok Chung, Hongjie Li, Shinya Yamamoto Pigmentation plays multiple important roles in d...

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journals.plos.org /1 month ago

Comparative single-nucleus transcriptomics reveals asymmetric evolution of the &lt;i&gt;Drosophila&lt;/i&gt; male and fe...

by Imtiyaz E. Hariyani, Sudeshna Das, Emma M. Le, Carmen Gamero-Castano, Tina Soroudi, Joshua Choi, Spring Momeni, Justin C. Kim, Rongying Lu, Vivek Swarup, José M. Ranz Reproduct...

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journals.plos.org /2 weeks ago

Metabolic and developmental rate divergence between serially homologous cells underlies an evolutionary innovation in &l...

by Ben R. Hopkins, Olga Barmina, Xinying Wang, Mandy M. Situ, Haley A. Bolanos, Shizhan Nie, Artyom Kopp The individualization of serially repeated homologs is one route through w...

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journals.plos.org /1 month ago

Asymmetric chromatin accessibility underlies anterior-posterior axis specification in moth fly embryos

by Ezra E. Amiri, Muzi Li, Ayse Tenger-Trolander, Maxwell Devine, Alexander T. Julian, Koray Kasan, Sheri A. Sanders, Shelby A. Blythe, Urs Schmidt-Ott Establishing the anterior-p...

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journals.plos.org /1 week ago

Population morphology implies a common developmental blueprint for &lt;i&gt;Drosophila&lt;/i&gt; motion detectors

by Nikolas Drummond, Arthur Zhao, Alexander Borst T4 and T5 neurons are the first direction-selective neurons in the visual pathway. They are the most numerous cell types in the f...

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journals.plos.org /1 month ago

Disruption of small RNAs and mechanistic variation in &lt;i&gt;Segregation Distorter:&lt;/i&gt; A sperm-killing drive sy...

by Logan T. Edvalson, Xiaolu Wei, Ching-Ho Chang, Amanda M. Larracuente Meiotic drivers achieve biased transmission to the next generation, often at the expense of their host. Dri...

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blog.google /6 days ago

5 amazing visuals show how the male fruit fly’s brain map is advancing neuroscience

HHMI Janelia, Google and partners mapped the brain and central nervous system of a male fruit fly, a key model organism in science.

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journals.plos.org /1 month ago

Dachsous-Fat signaling shapes the &lt;i&gt;Drosophila&lt;/i&gt; wing through mechanical forces

by Bipin Kumar Tripathi, Zhenru Zhou, Kenneth D. Irvine Proper organ shape is critical for function. The Drosophila wing normally adopts an elongated shape, but mutations in the D...

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journals.plos.org /1 month ago

Asymmetry in the evolution of the male and female germlines

by Carina F. Mugal, Marie Sémon A new study in PLOS Biology shows that in Drosophila, patterns of molecular evolution differ between genes expressed during oogenesis and spermatog...

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journals.plos.org /1 month ago

Neuronal protein Sex-lethal modulates tRNA synthesis via the polymerase III subunit Polr3E in male &lt;i&gt;Drosophila&l...

by Freya Storer, Colin D. McClure, Alicia Estacio Gomez, Lucy J. Minkley, Tsz Lam Wong, Nina Markevych, Tony D. Southall The RNA-binding protein Sex-lethal (Sxl) is classically kn...

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journals.plos.org /4 weeks ago

Social isolation upregulates &lt;i&gt;takeout&lt;/i&gt; expression in female &lt;i&gt;Drosophila melanogaster&lt;/i&gt;...

by Elisabeth A. Tawa, Lisa Schneper, Katherine I. Cho, Mindy Sim, Eve Schoeffler, Daniel A. Notterman Previous research suggests that social isolation induces changes in gene expr...

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neurosciencenews.com /1 month ago

Fruit Flies Use Memory to Track Smells

A new study reveals that fruit flies use spatial memory, rather than simple reflexes, to track odors.

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