As if there weren’t enough of them in the world already scientists have succeeded in cloning flies. The alike fruit flies are the first insects ever cloned says the Canadian team that created them. The question everyone asks is why anyone would want to clone flies in the first place. She...
Many students of high school biology learned about fruit flies: the tiny, winged creatures with red or white eyes that teach us about chromosomes, DNA, and dominant and recessive genes. It’s the study of genetics at a basic level. But to understand complex gene interactions — the kind of...
N. MAJERUS Department of Genetics, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EH, U.K. Maternally-inherited male killing microorganisms are known in a number of insect species. We here discuss the evolutionary reasons for such behaviour through examining the ongoing dynamics of these elements. In cases where...
Because handedness occurs in other species, we can study them to determine its genetic mechanism. This comparative approach underlies all model organisms; it is why, for example, we study the metabolism of fruit flies to understand thebiology of deep underground miningand thegenetics of chromosome ...
Thomas Hunt Morganwas the first Nobel Laureate to win for research in genetics. He grew up in Lexington, Kentucky. This year, 2016, is the 150th anniversary of his birth – a notable milestone in biological science history. But it passed largely unnoticed. Nevertheless, Morgan was the first...
Introduction Tephritidae (Diptera), also known as "true fruit flies", have over 4000 species, many of which constitute enormous threats to fruit and vegetable production throughout the world, causing both quantitative and qualitative losses [1]. Many species of Tephritidae are highly polyphagous and...
True fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) include over 4000 species, many of which constitute enormous threats to fruit and vegetable production worldwide. A number of Tephritidae are lekking species, forming aggregations in which males fight to defend a small territory where they court females and ...
How much confidence should we place in epidemiological sleep data? All of the big studies that are used as inputs for meta-analyses like those I cited above use self-reported data on sleep duration, since it’s impossible to record objective sleep data for a large number of people (this ...
The flies used in the experiment were the F2 progeny of wild flies trapped in August 1980 [36], so the experiment must have been carried out sometime between October and February. Hence a wide range of temperatures would be possible. Given that we observed higher rates of polyandry at both...
Genetics Comparative Anatomy Transitional Fossils Convergent Evolution Adaptations Vestigial Traits Artificial Selection Evolution in Action Sexual Selection And The List Goes On… These reasons will work from the general to the specific. I’ve used links to articles in Wikipedia as much as possible beca...