drosophila

(drə-sŏf′ə-lə)

Any of various small fruit flies of the genus Drosophila, especially D. melanogaster, used extensively in genetic research.

drosophila

A small fly of the genus Drosophila , especially the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster which has been used for many years in genetic research mainly because of its four conspicuous chromosomes and relatively few and obvious characteristics.

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Drosophila

fruit fly

any small dipterous fly (see DIPTERAN of the genus Drosophila, which has been used extensively in genetical investigations. D. melanogaster is probably the best-understood animal in terms of inheritance studies.

Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005

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Drosophila: An Emergent Model for Delineating Interactions between the Circadian Clock and Drugs of Abuse

The team carefully mutated the MARK3 gene in Drosophila flies and noticed shrinking of the insects' eyeballs, confirming the hypothesis.

A fly, an eye and a human birth defect

Following the work of Dos Santos et al ., who used the Drosophila actin promoter to drive rabies G protein expression in S2 cells,[47] we constructed a B1 promoter to successfully drive rabies G protein production in a mosquito cell line [Figure 2]d.

Expression of foreign proteins by antimicrobial peptide gene promoters in mosquitoes

In all animals including Drosophila, the flow of information in the nervous system is through the changes in the resting membrane potential created across the neuronal membranes through ion channels.

Inwardly Rectifying Potassium Channels in Drosophila Regulate the Sleep/Wake Behaviour through PDF-Neurons

In Drosophila, cuticular hydrocarbons (CHC) have multiple biological roles, especially those related with chemical communication and different behaviors.

Short Communication - CUTICULAR CHEMOPROFILE OF THE FRUIT FLY DROSOPHILA SUBOBSCURA (DIPTERA, DROSOPHILIDAE)

(1994) reported that the ecological niches of Drosophila species are closely associated with their alcohol tolerance and ADH activity.

Ecological niche difference associated with varied ethanol tolerance between Drosophila suzukii and Drosophila melanogaster (Diptera: Drosophilidae)

Living flies in the traps were captured with an entomological aspirator and placed in a tube with standard Drosophila culture media.

Dos nuevas especies de los grupos Drosophila flavopilosa y Drosophila morelia (Diptera: Drosophilidae) en los Andes Orientales del Ecuador

Toxicity of Particles in Drosophila. The different concentrations of nano- and microparticles of Cu and Ni used in the genotoxicity experiments with D.

Genotoxicity of Copper and Nickel Nanoparticles in Somatic Cells of Drosophila melanogaster