Most genes are ancient and shared across species. But a small subset of genes are relative newcomers, spontaneously emerging from stretches of DNA that once encoded nothing at all.

Most genes are ancient and shared across species. But a small subset of genes are relative newcomers, spontaneously emerging ...

Kiir has sacked at least 20 ministers, three army chiefs, two central bank governors, and more than 30 top officials.

In her doctoral research at Columbia University, Ganguly creates models of the neuronal connections in the fruit fly brain ...

And if so, how can you send them packing? ‘Well, most of them would prefer to be outside,’ says Adam Hart, professor of ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and dump them out of airplanes over Mexico and southern Texas to fight a flesh-eating maggot.

Most people see fruit flies as a nuisance. A scientist at Washington State University Vancouver sees them as the key to understanding evolution.

The fruit fly genome has been thoroughly mapped, and the investigators targeted in aging fruit flies genes that are known to play important roles in the accumulation of actin filaments.

By tweaking a few specific genes in aging fruit flies' neurons, the researchers prevented F-actin buildup, maintained cellular recycling and extended the healthy lifespan of fruit flies by ...

Fruit flies are excellent research models, in part because it is so easy and inexpensive to raise them, and also because they are so well characterized. The DNA of these insects is estimated to be ...

The humble fruit fly is one of the most thoroughly studied animals on the planet and new insights continue to be revealed about the fly’s evolution thanks to centuries-old DNA.