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Natural History - Sozzled flies
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March 1, 2012 --
Fruit flies lay their eggs in rotting fruit, and their larvae dine on the yeast growing in the fruit, along with the alcohol produced during...
Published on Thursday 24th of May 2012 02:05:51 PM
Science News - Food odor makes male flies frisky: courtship in a classic lab insect is driven by fruity aromas
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November 19, 2011 --
It's the smell of food that gets male fruit flies in the romantic mood, say researchers exploring the sexual habits of Drosophila...
Published on Thursday 24th of May 2012 02:05:51 PM
Natural History - Slick lily
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May 1, 2011 --
Once a year, for just a few hours, the Solomon's lily (Arum palaestinum) emits a subtle scent of rotting fruit, attracting dozens or even...
Published on Thursday 24th of May 2012 02:05:51 PM
Life Extension - Effect of carnosine and its trolox-modified derivatives on life span of drosophila melanogaster
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January 1, 2011 --
This study investigated the effect of antioxidants, i.e., carnosine and its Trolox-(water-soluble analog of alpha-tocopherol) acylated...
Published on Thursday 24th of May 2012 02:05:51 PM
SciTech Book News - Drosophila neurobiology; a laboratory manual
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September 1, 2010 --
Drosophila neurobiology; a laboratory manual.
Ed. by Bing Zhang et al.
Cold Spring Harbor Lab. Press
2010
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Published on Thursday 24th of May 2012 02:05:51 PM
Life Extension - Thymol, a constituent of thyme essential oil, is a positive allosteric modulator of human GABA receptors and a homo-oligomeric GABA receptor from Drosophila melanogaster
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September 1, 2010 --
The GABA-modulating and GABA-mimetic activities of the monoterpenoid thymol were explored on human GABAA and Drosophila melanogaster homomeric...
Published on Thursday 24th of May 2012 02:05:51 PM
SciTech Book News - Current advances in sleep biology
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June 1, 2010 --
Current advances in sleep biology.
Ed. by Marcos G. Frank.
Nova Biomedical Books
2009
236 pages
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Published on Thursday 24th of May 2012 02:05:51 PM
SciTech Book News - Daughter cells; properties, characteristics and stem cells
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June 1, 2010 --
Daughter cells; properties, characteristics and stem cells.
Ed. by Ayane Hitomi and Masuyo Katoaka.
Nova Biomedical...
Published on Thursday 24th of May 2012 02:05:51 PM
Science News - Fruit flies can't fall or stay asleep: strain bred to help track genetic factors leading to insomnia
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June 20, 2009 --
A new strain of fruit flies bred to have trouble getting shut-eye may open researchers' eyes to the genetic causes of insomnia.
Paul...
Published on Thursday 24th of May 2012 02:05:51 PM
USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education) - Why are flies so hard to swat?
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June 1, 2009 --
Over the past two decades, Michael Dickinson has been interviewed by reporters hundreds of limes about his research on the biomechanics of...
Published on Thursday 24th of May 2012 02:05:51 PM
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