Researchers assessed more than 1,000 results from fruit-fly immunity research published between 1959 and 2011. The majority ...

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 ...

Once the genetic switch was flipped, fruit flies were able to give birth entirely asexually, and pass that ability down to future generations.

Wheatgrass flavonoids can powerfully combat oxidative stress and extend fruit fly lifespans. Scientists studying 228 ...

A study published in the Annals of the Entomological Society of America, offers the most detailed view to date of how this ...

A version of this article appears in print on July 13, 2025, Page 14 of the Sunday Magazine with the headline: My Cancer Might Be Genetic. How Much Do I Tell My Relatives?.

First survey of fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) and parasitoid diversity among myrtaceae fruit across the state of Bahia, Brazil Primeiro levantamento de mosca das frutas (Diptera: Tephritidae) e ...

Gene Discovery Guides Fruit Fly Regrowth Accuracy Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Regeneration, the ability to heal damaged or lost tissues, is ...