Spotted wing drosophila sightings are on the rise, according to a June 27 Facebook post by the Washington State University ...

The strawberries in your fridge may have some unfriendly pests in them. A TikTok phenomenon has exposed a little-known fly known as the spotted wing drosophila. After it lays eggs inside ...

Researchers have studied gene expression dynamics during metamorphosis in two species of flies. Published in the Genome ...

When the macrophages’ ability to consume dying cancer cells or Upd3 production was decreased, tumor growth was significantly ...

Drosophila has anatomical features, such as wings and eyes, that facilitate easy characterization. These genetic markers can be easily identified under a microscope.

The scientific name for the fruit fly is Drosophila melanogaster. The word “drosophila” means lover of dew. The species needs access to plenty of water in order to survive. What do fruit flies ...

Drosophila quantitative trait loci have sex-, environment- and genotype-specific effects, and are often associated with molecular polymorphisms in non-coding regions of candidate genes.

Drosophila is a genus of small flies, belonging to the family Drosophilidae, whose members are often called "fruit flies" or more appropriately (though less frequently) pomace flies, vinegar flies ...