Researchers at University of Tsukuba have identified venom genes from the endoparasitoid wasp Asobara japonica, which uses ...

DURING spring and summer of this year, I made some experiments with the intention of throwing light on the physiological mechanism of diurnal activity rhythms. An account of some of the main ...

A study led by Nikita Komarov and Simon Sprecher at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, has discovered neurons in the ...

Figure 1. The Drosophila Larval musculature and Representative body muscles — A) Lateral view of a Drosophila 3rd instar larva that carries a muscle specific red fluorescent transgene that highlights ...

Drosophila possesses around 15,000 genes containing information for proteins ... During this period, the insects turn into an embryo within one day. Thereafter, they pass through three larval and one ...

However, both larvae and adults of Drosophila busckii developed normally on food containing DMDS compounds. In contrast, other fruit fly species, including Drosophila melanogaster, were unable to ...

The researchers didn't gain their insights from humans but instead by studying the larvae of the fruit fly Drosophila. These ...

The ability to tolerate toxic substances can help animals find new food sources and thrive in certain ecological niches. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena have now ...