Cocaine-addicted fruit flies might sound crazy, but researchers say they could help us understanding cocaine addiction in ...

Even when previously introduced to cocaine, Rothenfluh’s team noted that the insects routinely opted for pure sugar water ...

Exploring the interaction between sensory neurons and drug aversion can offer clues to the genetic basis of addiction.

In a new JNeurosci paper, Adrian Rothenfluh and colleagues from the University of Utah developed a fruit fly model of cocaine ...

For the first time, researchers have created genetically modified fruit flies that can become addicted to cocaine. The new ...

Though simple, fruit flies are powerful tools for biomedical research. They reproduce quickly, are easy to manipulate ...

Researchers have created genetically modified fruit flies for the first time that can become addicted to the Class A drug.

also offering insights into the influence of non-genetic factors on behavior. Worth noting, the implications of this research extend far beyond the domain of fruit flies. The methodology and ...

Traditionally, studying genetic variation in Drosophila melanogaster (commonly known as fruit flies) has relied on standing genetic variation (already existing mutations). Unlike unicellular ...

AMES, Iowa – Biologists know that animals that mature slowly tend to live longer, but they aren’t sure why. A recent study of ...

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 ...

DOUBLE WINGS: An ultrabithorax mutant fly has a total duplication of the body segment that carries wings. Recent issues of The American Journal of Human Genetics have featured a newcomer: Drosophila ...