China's Shenzhou 19 astronauts have some winged companions to oversee aboard the country's Tiangong space station — fruit ...

Outwardly, fruit flies and humans have little in common ... Analyzing the genome of a fly is easier than of a mouse or human, as it only consists of eight chromosomes. By way of comparison: the genome ...

Also, the fruit fly has only four pairs of chromosomes, so these chromosomes can be easily recognized and tracked from one generation to the next. The Morgan lab therefore set out to examine ...

Only three molecular changes are needed for fruit flies to digest milkweed toxins ... She has a Ph.D. in molecular genetics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master’s degree in ...

"Vishva knew I was an expert in Drosophila (fruit fly) genetics, a resource that was not available at Genentech," Wolf said.

The histone, in turn, forms large loops. So the DNA is much, much longer than the chromosome it makes up. The DNA of one of a fruit fly's chromosomes, for example, would be 12 times longer than ...

Sperm are the most diverse and rapidly evolving cell type. Why sperm have undergone such dramatic evolution is a mystery that ...

Researchers from Cambridge University have studied fruit flies to determine whether genetics play a role in how the body handles and stores weight. The fruit fly provides scientists with an easy ...

“These driving X chromosomes are pretty interesting because ... [Related: Swapping genes can help fruit flies regenerate cells.] “I would say that this study is an initial finding,” said ...