Humans and flies employ very similar mechanisms for brain development and function With these new findings scientists can potentially better understand the subtle changes that can occur in genes and brain circuits that can lead […]
Male fruit flies’ decline in fertility with age is not only driven by changes in sperm Infertility is one of the most striking effects of aging. The impact of aging on females’ fertility is more […]
Scientists Discover Two Mating Flies Trapped in Amber 40 Million Years Ago Forty or so million years ago, on the southern end of the Gondwana supercontinent, two mating insects unexpectedly found themselves in a sticky […]
Scientists go ‘back to the future,’ create flies with ancient genes to study evolution Scientists at New York University and the University of Chicago have created fruit flies carrying reconstructed ancient genes to reveal how […]
SuperTIGER balloon flies again to study heavy cosmic particles A science team in Antarctica is preparing to loft a balloon-borne instrument to collect information on cosmic rays, high-energy particles from beyond the solar system that […]
Genes that separate humans from fruit flies found Genes which determine animal complexity – or what makes humans so much more complex than a fruit fly or a sea urchin – have been identified for […]