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Fruit Flies Evolve in Time with the Seasons: Study
Researchers find that evolution can operate on extraordinarily fast timescales.
Fruit Flies Evolve in Time with the Seasons: Study
Fruit Flies Evolve in Time with the Seasons: Study
Researchers find that evolution can operate on extraordinarily fast timescales.
Researchers find that evolution can operate on extraordinarily fast timescales.
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fruit flies, genetics & genomics
fruit flies, genetics & genomics
Image of the Day: Seizure Proteins
Nicoletta Lanese
| Aug 14, 2019
| 1 min read
The sei ion channel in fruit flies keeps their neuronal excitability in check.
Fruit Fly Geneticist Dan Lindsley Dies
Kerry Grens
| Jun 26, 2018
| 2 min read
A leader in the
Drosophila
community, the UCSD professor was well known for his so-called Red Book of fruit fly genetics.
Image of the Day: Gene Expression
The Scientist
and The Scientist Staff
| Apr 9, 2018
| 1 min read
A new algorithm scrutinizes the most hard-to-read segments of the genome.
Q&A with Michael Young, Nobel Laureate
Ashley P. Taylor
| Oct 2, 2017
| 5 min read
Young talks with
The Scientist
about studying circadian rhythms in fruit flies, the applications of his work beyond
Drosophila
, and winning the prize.
Q&A with Nobel Laureate Michael Rosbash
Ashley Yeager
| Oct 2, 2017
| 3 min read
A basic curiosity about how life works led the Brandeis University molecular biologist to discover how our bodies keep time.
Enzyme Required for Mitochondrial Genome Destruction
Abby Olena, PhD
| Mar 22, 2017
| 3 min read
Mitochondrial DNA polymerase is necessary for the destruction of paternal mtDNA in fruit fly sperm, scientists show.
Picturing Inheritance, 1916
Amanda B. Keener
| May 1, 2016
| 3 min read
This year marks the centennial of Calvin Bridges’s description of nondisjunction as proof that chromosomes are vehicles for inheritance.
Lords of the Fly, circa 1910
Dan Cossins
| Sep 1, 2013
| 3 min read
In a cramped lab overflowing with fruit flies, Thomas Hunt Morgan and his protégés made the discoveries that laid the foundations of modern genetics.
Burgers and Flies
Megan Scudellari
| May 1, 2012
| 9 min read
Inspired by Darwin, Mohamed Noor has uncovered the molecular dance by which a single species becomes two.
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