Real-time lineage tracing in flies gets a boost with three techniques to specifically label a progenitor's daughter cells. We can follow the lineage of a cell in complex tissue by activation and ...

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 ...

Genetic studies in model organisms, including Drosophila, have a rich history of fundamental insights in neuroscience, including the identification and functional dissection of genes important in ...

Researchers demonstrate a new technique for the cryopreservation of fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. Frozen Drosophila primordial germ cells, which give rise to reproductive cells during development ...

Strong Points: Easy to to make crosses and follow generations. Weak Points: Information provided in the app could be more in-depth. Drosophila X is a great resource for students or researchers who are ...

While the E(z) mutant strain of Drosophila melanogaster doesn’t quite live to the biblical old age of 969 years old, it does have an increased lifespan and greater stress resistance than its wild-type ...