A new study uncovers a critical gut-brain signaling axis that links meconium excretion to feeding and sleep regulation.

A complete wiring diagram of all the connections between the fruit fly brain and "spinal cord" provides translational ...

Researchers publish the first complete fruit fly central nervous system connectome, proving motor control is distributed in ...

Quantitative genetics in Drosophila melanogaster integrates classical breeding designs with modern genomic and statistical tools to dissect the genetic architecture of traits that vary continuously, ...

Researchers at Cornell University have developed a powerful new genetic toolkit that allows scientists to study how genes function at the level of individual cells, an advance that could accelerate ...

A single species of fly, Drosophila melanogaster, has been the subject of scientific research for more than one hundred years. Why does this tiny insect merit such intense scrutiny? Drosophila’s ...

In addition to Drosophila melanogaster, the team took a closer look at two other species of the genus Drosophila, their host substrates and the associated yeasts: Drosophila mojavensis, a species ...

Scientists have pinpointed a genetic cause for virgin birth for the first time, and once switched on the ability is passed down through generations of females. For the first time, scientists have ...

In college, I worked briefly in a fruit-fly lab, where I spent most of my time just keeping different fly strains alive. It was not difficult—as anyone with a fruit-fly infestation can tell you—but ...

Scientists have found that vinegar flies do not necessarily prefer yeasts from their natural environments, but were also attracted by yeasts found in a foreign habitat. Female flies even decided to ...