A simple, freely available analysis tool and hardware for analyzing fruit flies allows opportunities for researchers in ...

This study presents a valuable open-source and cost-effective method for automating the quantification of male aggression and courtship in Drosophila melanogaster. The work as presented provides solid ...

Fruit flies—they're just like us. Meaning, booze seems to boost sexytime for the pesky insect that hovers around fermented ...

The work will be of interest to Drosophila ... identified male fly behaviors such as wing extension, attempted copulation, successful copulation, circling and following the female flies.

A complete inventory of the Drosophila visual system classifies about ... We acquired a series of 2D electron microscopy images of a male fly’s central nervous system and assembled them into ...

This important study shows that the Nora virus, a natural Drosophila pathogen that also persistently infects many laboratory fly stocks, infects intestinal stem cells (ISCs), leading to a shorter life ...

Studies in Drosophila melanogaster have provided insight into ... Although the states identified in this study correspond to different behavioral states, such as the male chasing the female, this need ...

A new study reveals that male-female pairs maintain synchronized fear responses even under stress, unlike same-sex pairs.

Then again, apparently adding alcohol to their food increases the production of sex pheromones in male fruit flies, according ...

A team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology has investigated why the fruit fly Drosophila ...