Microgravity simulation by diamagnetic levitation: effects of a strong ... - 7thSpace Interactive (press release)
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Microgravity simulation by diamagnetic levitation: effects of a strong ... 7thSpace Interactive (press release) Conclusions: Diamagnetic levitation can be used to simulate an altered effective gravity environment in which gene expression is tuned differentially in diverse Drosophila melanogaster populations including those of different age and gender. |
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CSULB Student Receives Don Eden Graduate Student Research Award - Everything Long Beach (press release)
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 Everything Long Beach (press release) | CSULB Student Receives Don Eden Graduate Student Research Award Everything Long Beach (press release) Fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) may seem like pests to most people, but their simple biologic structure makes them ideal hosts for a variety of scientific experiments. For her work in identifying a fruit fly gene that can be useful in diabetes ... |
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Long Beach State Biology Student Earns 2012 Don Eden Graduate Student Research ... - LBPOST.com
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Long Beach State Biology Student Earns 2012 Don Eden Graduate Student Research ... LBPOST.com by Long Beach Post | Staff Reports | 01.30.12 | 2:09pm | Fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) may seem like pests to most people, but their simple biologic structure makes them ideal hosts for a variety of scientific experiments. |
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Weightlessness weighs heavy on genes -- a fly's perspective - PhysOrg.com
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Weightlessness weighs heavy on genes -- a fly's perspective PhysOrg.com New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Genomics has used diamagnetic levitation to counteract the effects of gravity on the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) and found that the expression of several genes was affected. |
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Millburn High School student named Intel semifinalist - NorthJersey.com
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Millburn High School student named Intel semifinalist NorthJersey.com Millburn High School student Chanthia Ma has been selected as a semifinalist in the Intel Science Talent Search competition for her project, "Control of Aging and Stress Resistance through the imd Gene in Drosophila melanogaster. |
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The virulent Wolbachia strain wMelPop increases the frequency of apoptosis in ... - 7thSpace Interactive (press release)
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The virulent Wolbachia strain wMelPop increases the frequency of apoptosis in ... 7thSpace Interactive (press release) The distribution of these bacteria in the Drosophila ovarian cells at different stages of oogenesis has been amply described. The pathways along which Wolbachia influences Drosophila oogenesis have been, so far, little studied. |
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Uncooperative Fruit Flies Refuse to Speciate in Laboratory Experiments - Discovery Institute
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Uncooperative Fruit Flies Refuse to Speciate in Laboratory Experiments Discovery Institute 6 This experiment took two pre-existing strains of fruit flies from within the same species -- Drosophila melanogaster -- and sought to determine whether changes in mating preferences could be induced. This included artificially killing hybrids between ... |
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Collective action: Occupied genetic switches hold clues to cells' history - Science Daily (press release)
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Collective action: Occupied genetic switches hold clues to cells' history Science Daily (press release) They are looking at variation between species, extending their studies to another species of fruit fly, Drosophila virilis, which is, genetically speaking, as different from the commonly-used Drosophila melanogaster as humans are from chickens. |
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Millburn High School student named Intel semifinalist - NorthJersey.com
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 NorthJersey.com | Millburn High School student named Intel semifinalist NorthJersey.com Millburn High School student Chanthia Ma has been selected as a semifinalist in the Intel Science Talent Search competition for her project, "Control of Aging and Stress Resistance through the imd Gene in Drosophila melanogaster. |
Published on Monday 6th of February 2012 04:30:40 AM
Fruit flies 'watch the sky to stay on course' - Deccan Herald
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 Deccan Herald | Fruit flies 'watch the sky to stay on course' Deccan Herald For their study, researchers, led by Peter Weir at the California Institute of Technology, analysed the behaviour of Drosophila melanogaster, or fruit fly, in a specially designed "arena" atop a building. Using adhesive, they attached the insects to a ... Fruit Flies Use Sunlight to Stay on Course Fruit flies use skylight to stay on course |
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