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CRISPRed Fruit Flies Mimic Monarch Butterfly—and Could Make You Puke

October 3, 2019

Scientists recreate in flies the mutations that let monarch butterflies eat toxic milkweed with impunity

Sugar Alters Compounds That Impact Brain Health in Fruit Flies

September 6, 2019

This finding could tell researchers why behaviors that change with the internal energy state, such as food intake, learning a...

From the Tiny Testes of Flies, New Insight into How Genes Arise

August 19, 2019

Using fruit flies, a Rockefeller team has gained key insight into how nature's attempts at innovation play out during the dev...

Knowing Berry Pests' Varied Diets May Help Control Them

August 12, 2019

Recent research results may help curb pest populations by encouraging growers to limit access to certain non-fruit food ...

Scientists Discover Some Fruit Flies Learn Better Than Others

August 8, 2019

Scientists use fruit flies to find nine new genes associated with learning and memory, many of which are similar in people...

High-Sugar Diet Deadens Sweet Tooth, Promotes Overeating in Flies

May 17, 2019

After feeding fruit flies a high-sugar diet, the flies’ taste neurons triggered a molecular chain-reaction that hampere...

Newly Discovered Gene Governs the Need for Slumber When Sick

February 7, 2019

A study of fruit flies finds a direct link between illness and the need for more sleep

Fruit Flies Help to Shed Light on the Evolution of Metabolism

January 4, 2019

What are the underlying genetic changes of animal metabolism?

Fruit Fly Study Challenges Theories on Evolution and High-Carb Diets

October 29, 2018

A single mitochondrial DNA mutation common in animals could play a role in obesity and other health problems associated with ...

Just a Few Drinks Can Change How Memories Are Formed

October 26, 2018

Alcohol hijacks a conserved memory pathway in the brain and changes which versions of genes are made, forming the cravings th...

Researchers See Human Immune Response in the Fruit Fly

June 20, 2018

Researchers have seen how both humans and fruit flies deploy a protein that plays a critical role in their immune responses t...

Fruit Flies: 'Living Test Tubes' to Rapidly Screen Potential Disease-Causing Human Gene

May 23, 2018

The fruit fly is a laboratory animal model that works as a "living test tube" in which researchers can test the roles genes m...

Researchers Develop First Gene Drive Targeting Worldwide Crop Pest

April 19, 2018

Innovation establishes method to control invasive fly that deposits eggs in fruit crops, causing millions in damage

Scientists Locate Nerve Cells That Enable Fruit Flies to Escape Danger

March 19, 2018

Findings offer clues into comparable survival strategies in people

Fruit Fly Brains Inform Search Engines of the Future

November 10, 2017

The way fruit flies identify similarities between odors offers a new approach for search algorithm

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