How fruit flies mate may hold a key to limiting the spread of diseases by mosquitoes.In a new study, University of Iowa ...
Researchers at the University of Iowa have found the gene that orchestrates the fine tuning of antennae in fruit flies so ...
Darwin wasn't the only scientist who thought females couldn't be promiscuous. Angus John Bateman had very similar ideas.
A study on fruit flies completed by researchers with Macquarie University suggests that genetic modification of male mosquitoes could help minimise the spread of illnesses linked with the insects.
Feeding female fruit flies a diet low in the amino acid tyrosine improves their ability to endure food shortage, reduces their reproductive output, and causes them to live longer, RIKEN ...
Why fruit flies? For one ... by virtue of inheriting the "male" chromosome (denoted Y); likewise, female flies should always inherit "female" chromosomes (denoted X), which means that these ...
The wild female medflies mate with the sterile males ... This tool, however, requires mass production of target fruit fly species in large facilities. APHIS currently operates two large production ...