The Hindu

Scientists genetically modify ‘sexual’ fruit fly to reproduce asexually

The fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) has been among the favourite organisms of genetics researchers for more than a hundred years. Many years of intense research with these diminutive creatures ...
ucdavis.edu

Invisible Anatomy in the Fruit Fly Uterus

A new UC Davis study reveals previously unknown cell types in the female reproductive tract of Drosophila fruit flies. The knowledge could help in studies of fertility in general, and in managing ...
Global Times

China's fruit fly experiment on space station progressing smoothly, family expansion ...

The Shenzhou-19 crew has made smooth progress in the space life sciences and human research project focused on the space hypomagnetic effects on drosophila and their molecular mechanisms. The "fruit ...
The Hindu

Why it matters that scientists modified a ‘sexual’ fruit fly to be asexual

The fruit-fly (Drosophila melanogaster) has been among the favourite organisms of genetics researchers for more than a hundred years. Many years of intense research with these diminutive creatures ...