Fractionating the Fruit Fly A simple technique reveals that genes controlling eye color in flies also control the production of a whole family of unusual substances. The study has importance for ...

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Fruit fly eyes have a different structure than ours do, but they serve similar functions: to detect light from the environment and send that information to the brain. The part of the fly’s brain that ...

Now, however, in a recent study, researchers have compiled a comprehensive dataset documenting the behaviors of over 30,000 fruit flies across ... right from eye color to susceptibility to certain ...

Scientists have long turned to simpler organisms to help answer these questions, with the humble fruit fly emerging as an ideal candidate. These tiny insects share many genes with humans that are ...

the cells and structure of a fruit fly eye, and equations describing some of the biological processes involved. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news ...

An international team of scientists has discovered that tiny changes in the timing of the expression of a single gene can ...