The secret lives of Drosophila flies.
review · Level V
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 26041333.
- Also identified by DOI 10.7554/eLife.06793 and PMC identifier 4454838.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
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Abstract
Flies of the genus Drosophila, and particularly those of the species Drosophila melanogaster, are best known as laboratory organisms. As with all model organisms, they were domesticated for empirical studies, but they also continue to exist as wild populations. Decades of research on these flies in the laboratory have produced astounding and important insights into basic biological processes, but we have only scratched the surface of what they have to offer as research organisms. An outstanding challenge now is to build on this knowledge and explore how natural history has shaped D. melanogaster in order to advance our understanding of biology more generally.
Medical subject headings
- Animal Distribution
- Biological Evolution
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Environment
- Life Cycle Stages
- Phylogeny