Gene variant could protect against ultra-rare seizure disorder, fruit fly research finds
One in 10 Americans live with a rare disease, which often lacks effective treatments. Such is the case for PIGA-CDG, an ultra ...
Decoding the giant Y of Silene latifolia: Evolutionary insights into an unusually large sex chromosome
A high-quality genome assembly of Silene latifolia was generated by researchers at CNRS/Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 and ...
Scientists Uncover New Secrets of Insulin Production
JMU scientists studied insulin-producing cells in fruit flies, finding that secretion is influenced by gut hormones, ...
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Driver lines for studying associative learning in Drosophila
The mushroom body (MB) is the center for associative learning in insects. In Drosophila, intersectional split-GAL4 drivers and electron microscopy (EM) connectomes have laid the foundation for precise ...
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Nutritional state-dependent modulation of insulin-producing cells in Drosophila
Neurobiology and Genetics, Theodor-Boveri-Institute, Biocenter, Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg, Germany; Department of Animal Physiology, Institute of Zoology, University of Cologne, ...
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Final synthetic yeast chromosome completed, paving way for biotech advances
Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) The completion of the final synthetic chromosome in the yeast genome marks a significant advancement in synthetic biology. This achievement enables the creation ...