The risk of cell division producing an egg with the wrong number of chromosomes goes up significantly after the age of 30. But the Dartmouth researchers discovered that in fruit fly oocytes ...

Now, researchers have revealed the dynamics of a new, very young chromosome in fruit flies that is similar to chromosomes that arise in humans and is associated with treatment-resistant cancer and ...

Biologists know that animals that mature slowly tend to live longer, but they aren't sure why. A recent study of fruit flies ...

Researchers have uncovered a "selfish" X chromosome in the fruit fly Drosophila testacea that manages to distort inheritance in both sperm and eggs. "But until now, we've only ever seen a ...

Now, researchers from the Stowers Institute for Medical Research have revealed the dynamics of a new, very young chromosome in fruit flies that is similar to chromosomes that arise in humans and ...

Many of the fundamental discoveries started with the fruit fly—from the genetic basis of chromosomes to radiation and mutations to innate immunity—and this relates to human health,” says ...

Outwardly, fruit flies and humans have little in common ... Analyzing the genome of a fly is easier than of a mouse or human, as it only consists of eight chromosomes. By way of comparison: the genome ...

How fruit flies mate may hold a key to limiting the spread of diseases by mosquitoes. In a new study, University of Iowa researchers found a gene that orchestrates the antenna movements of female ...

very young chromosome in fruit flies that is similar to chromosomes that arise in humans and is associated with treatment-resistant cancer and infertility. The findings may one day lead to ...

Some genes just don’t play fair. Researchers have uncovered a ‘selfish’ X chromosome in the fruit fly Drosophila testacea that manages to distort inheritance in both sperm and eggs.