Effects of sex, mating status, and genetic background on circadian behavior in Drosophila by Oghenerukevwe Akpoghiran, Alexandra K. Strich, Kyunghee Koh

“…Additionally, post-mating physiological changes in females are known to modulate various behaviors, yet their effects on circadian rhythms remain underexplored. Here, using Drosophila melanogaster, a powerful model for studying circadian mechanisms, we systematically assessed the impact of sex and mating status on circadian behavior. …”
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Diet modification and metformin have a beneficial effect in a fly model of obesity and mucormycosis. by Fazal Shirazi, Dimitrios Farmakiotis, Yuanqing Yan, Nathaniel Albert, Kim-Anh Do, Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis

“…In an experimental model of obesity and hyperglycemia in Drosophila melanogaster we studied the effect of diet modification and administration of metformin on systemic infection with Rhizopus, a common cause of mucormycosis in diabetic patients. …”
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qDATA - an R application implementing a practical framework for analyzing quantitative real-time PCR data by Adrian Ionascu, Alexandru Al. Ecovoiu, Mariana Carmen Chifiriuc, Attila Cristian Ratiu

“…The efficiency of our computing approach was tested using input Ct values corresponding to immune related gene expression evaluated in experimental infection of Drosophila melanogaster and Apis mellifera workers. The presented results reveal that our working strategy is reliable and highlight the efficacy and performance of qDATA application.…”
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Functional divergence caused by ancient positive selection of a Drosophila hybrid incompatibility locus. by Daniel A Barbash, Philip Awadalla, Aaron M Tarone

“…Experimentally tractable models are required to identify and test candidate hybrid incompatibility genes. Several Drosophila melanogaster genes involved in hybrid incompatibility have been identified but none has yet been shown to have functionally diverged in accordance with the Dobzhansky-Muller model. …”
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PIWI proteins and piRNAs: key regulators of stem cell biology by Fernando Claro-Linares, Patricia Rojas-Ríos

“…Initially identified in Drosophila melanogaster, the piRNA pathway regulate germline stem cell self-renewal and differentiation via cell-autonomous and non-cell-autonomous mechanisms. …”
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Enhancing Biocide Safety of Milk Using Biosensors Based on Cholinesterase Inhibition by Lynn Mouawad, Georges Istamboulie, Gaëlle Catanante, Thierry Noguer

“…Acetylcholinesterase from <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i> (DM AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase from horse serum (BChE) were immobilized by entrapment in a photocrosslinkable polymer on the surface of carbon screen-printed electrodes. …”
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Insulin signaling regulates R2 retrotransposon expression to orchestrate transgenerational rDNA copy number maintenance by Jonathan O. Nelson, Alyssa Slicko, Amelie A. Raz, Yukiko M. Yamashita

“…Germline rDNA CN expansion is best understood in Drosophila melanogaster, which relies on unequal sister chromatid exchange (USCE) initiated by DNA breaks at rDNA. …”
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Whole organism and tissue-specific analysis of pexophagy in Drosophila by Francesco G. Barone, Marco Marcello, Sylvie Urbé, Natalia Sanchez-Soriano, Michael J. Clague

“…We have generated transgenic Drosophila melanogaster models expressing fluorescent reporters for the selective autophagy of peroxisomes, a process known as pexophagy. …”
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Fear of mating out (FOMO): voyeurism does not increase mating propensity in fruit flies by Regina Vega-Trejo, Krish Sanghvi, Biliana Todorova, Irem Sepil, Eleanor Bath

“…As such, whether conspecifics are copulating or not could inform ‘observers’ about the availability of mates, or even stimulate observers to mate themselves. Using Drosophila melanogaster, we tested whether exposure to the visual cue of a mating pair would increase the mating propensity of an observer pair (i.e., voyeur). …”
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Spherical harmonics texture extraction for versatile analysis of biological objects. by Oane Gros, Josiah B Passmore, Noa O Borst, Dominik Kutra, Wilco Nijenhuis, Timothy Fuqua, Lukas C Kapitein, Justin M Crocker, Anna Kreshuk, Simone Köhler

“…The Spherical Texture extraction characterizes biologically defined gene expression patterns in Drosophila melanogaster embryos, giving a quantitative read-out for pattern formation. …”
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Characterization of Nora Virus Structural Proteins via Western Blot Analysis by Brad L. Ericson, Darby J. Carlson, Kimberly A. Carlson

“…To determine the polypeptide composition of Nora virus virions, polypeptides from purified virus were compared to polypeptides detected in Nora virus infected Drosophila melanogaster. Nora virus was purified from infected flies and used to challenge mice for the production of antisera. …”
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Evaluation of Type III Adhesive Mortar (ACIII) and Gypsum as Precipitating Agents of Copper and Lead by Jefferson Luiz Alves Marinho, Henrique Douglas Melo Coutinho, Raimundo Nonato Pereira Teixeira, Jorge Marcell Coelho Menezes, Francisco José de Paula Filho, Francisco Assis Bezerra da Cunha

“…Therefore, the present study aimed to assess the potential of gypsum and adhesive mortar type III (ACIII) as precipitating agents for lead (Pb) and copper (Cu) ions, as well as to evaluate the toxicity of precipitation products on Drosophila melanogaster. Experiments using ACIII mortar waste as a precipitating agent for Cu ions were obtained using a glass filter composed of 04 chambers and 04 antechambers, while the potential of gypsum as a Pb ion precipitant was evaluated by adding gypsum powder to a beaker containing a Pb ions solution. …”
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DICER1: The Argonaute Endonuclease Family Member and Its Role in Pediatric and Youth Pathology by Consolato M. Sergi, Fabrizio Minervini

“…In 2001, two enzyme-encoding genes were recognized in the fruit fly <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i>. The genetic material, labeled <i>Dicer-1</i> and <i>Dicer-2</i>, encodes ribonuclease-type enzymes with slightly diverse target substrates. …”
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Mechanisms of transcriptional regulation of ecdysone response by M. Yu. Mazina, N. E. Vorobyeva

“…Initially, the activation of individual genes under the influence of ecdysone was studied on the model of polythene chromosomes from salivary glands of Drosophila melanogaster. These works helped to investigate the many aspects of the Drosophila development. …”
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Bacterial communities of diverse Drosophila species: ecological context of a host-microbe model system. by James Angus Chandler, Jenna Morgan Lang, Srijak Bhatnagar, Jonathan A Eisen, Artyom Kopp

“…Drosophila melanogaster is emerging as an important model of non-pathogenic host-microbe interactions. …”
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Autoregulation of the glial gene reversed polarity in Drosophila by Jamie L. Wood, Saroj Nepal, Bradley W. Jones

“…Work in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster has established the role of the transcription factor Glial cells missing (Gcm) in directing neuronal precursor cells to assume a glial cell fate. …”
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The role of SAGA in the transcription and export of mRNA by E. N. Nabirochkina, M. M. Kurshakova, S. G. Georgieva, D. V. Kopytova

“…We studied the DUBm of SAGA in Drosophila melanogaster and identified Drosophila homologs of yeast DUBm components. …”
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Drosophila Mutant Model of Parkinson’s Disease Revealed an Unexpected Olfactory Performance: Morphofunctional Evidences by Francescaelena De Rose, Valentina Corda, Paolo Solari, Patrizia Sacchetti, Antonio Belcari, Simone Poddighe, Sanjay Kasture, Paolo Solla, Francesco Marrosu, Anna Liscia

“…We sought to use the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster as a model organism to explore olfactory function in LRRK loss-of-function mutants, which was previously demonstrated to be a useful model for PD. …”
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Toward the Development of the Trojan Female Technique in Pest Insects: Male‐Specific Influence of Mitochondrial Haplotype on Reproductive Output in the Seed Beetle Acanthoscelides... by Lea Vlajnić, Uroš Savković, Jelena Jović, Sanja Budečević, Biljana Stojković, Mirko Đorđević

“…Although TFT has been theoretically substantiated, empirical work to date has focused only on Drosophila melanogaster populations, while the existence of male‐biased mutations and the TFT approach in economically important pest species remain unexplored. …”
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Human APP Gene Expression Alters Active Zone Distribution and Spontaneous Neurotransmitter Release at the Drosophila Larval Neuromuscular Junction by Ekaterina A. Saburova, Alexander N. Vasiliev, Violetta V. Kravtsova, Elena V. Ryabova, Andrey L. Zefirov, Olga I. Bolshakova, Svetlana V. Sarantseva, Igor I. Krivoi

“…Experiments were performed on larval neuromuscular junctions of transgenic Drosophila melanogaster lines with different levels of human amyloid precursor protein (APP) production. …”
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