Drosophila melanogaster is a species of fly (an insect of the order Diptera) in the family Drosophilidae. The species is often referred to as the fruit...

especially the Mediterranean fruit fly. One species of Drosophila in particular, D. melanogaster, has been heavily used in research in genetics and is...

biology of NF1 came from model organisms including the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, the zebrafish Danio rerio and the mouse Mus musculus, which all...

"Disruptive and stabilizing selection on the" escape" behavior of Drosophila melanogaster", Genetics, 62 (3): 625–637, doi:10.1093/genetics/62.3.625, PMC 1212303...

Thomas Hunt Morgan later showed that a new white-eye mutation in Drosophila melanogaster was also sex-linked. He found that a white-eyed male crossed with...

model organisms in regards to homeotic genes is the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. Its homeotic Hox genes occur in either the Antennapedia complex...

of the tissue but not in others, as seen in the eye of mutated Drosophila melanogaster. However, it is possible that the effect of the silenced gene is...

americana, the honey bee Apis mellifera, the locust and the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. Studies of fruit fly mushroom bodies have been particularly important...

organisms: Genera: Melanogaster (fungus), a genus of false truffles Melanogaster (fly), a genus of hoverflies Species: Drosophila melanogaster, a species of...

is best understood in the species Drosophila melanogaster. Other than normal sleep-wake activity, D. melanogaster has two unique daily behaviours, namely...