Glial cells play a role in many important processes, though the mechanisms through which they affect neighboring are not fully known. Insights may be gained by selectively activating glial cell populations intact organisms utilizing activatable channel proteins rhodopsin (ChR2XXL) and TRPA1. Here, impacts of glial-specific expression these channels were examined both larval adult Drosophila. Th...

Phenotypic plasticity has been described for morphological and life-history traits in many organisms. In Drosophila, temperature drives phenotypic change several traits, but few neotropical species have studied whether the variation associated with is adaptive remains unclear. Here, we response to distant related Drosophila mercatorum (Patterson Wheeler, 1942) willistoni (Sturtevant, 1916). We ...

A striking aspect of many vertebrate immune system is the exceptionally high level of polymorphism they harbor. A convincing case can be made that this polymorphism is driven by the diversity of pathogens that face selective pressures to evade attack by the host immune system. Different organisms accomplish a defense against diverse pathogens through mechanisms that differ widely in their requi...

HEN a genetically variable gene pool faces a new environmental challenge, Wmicroevolutionary change may be expected to occur. To understand this change, it would be ideal to know the details of the structure and integration of the gene pool both before and after the change. Although such conditions can hardly be met in any study of natural populations, an approach, at least, can be made in labo...

mRNA synthesis is one of the earliest readouts of the activity of a transcribed gene, which is of particular interest in the context of metazoan cell fate specification. These processes are intrinsically dynamic and stochastic, which makes in vivo single-cell measurements inevitable. Here, we present the application of a technology that has been widely used in single celled organisms to measure...

Lactobacillus plantarum Oregon-R-modENCODE strain BDGP2 was isolated from the gut of Drosophila melanogaster for functional host microbial interaction studies. The complete genome comprised a single circular genome of 3,407,160 bp, with a G+C content of 44%, and four plasmids.

Introduction: Cyperus rotundus L. is suspected of having anti-obesity properties. The purpose this study was to determine the property hydroethanolic C. extract (HECE) using Drosophila as a model organism. Methods: In vitro inhibition lipase activity by investigated. effects on obesity-related characteristics, including body weight, triglyceride content, and lifespan extension were evaluated in...

Drosophila suzukii, known as the spotted wing drosophila (SWD), is a major pest of berries and stone fruits. In 2014 it was recorded for first time in Nordic countries. this study, we report observations D. suzukii Finland. The trap catches SWD were observed 2019 North Savo at berry farm that handles imported berries. 2020–2021, no adult flies trapped or near farm, but August 2022, SWDs caught ...

We investigate the dynamics of a three-dimensional system modeling molecular mechanism for circadian rhythm in Drosophila. first prove existence compact attractor region with biological meaning. Under assumption that dimerization reactions are fast, this we reduce to simpler two-dimensional on persistent normally hyperbolic slow manifold.