Article: Fruit flies' sex drive affected by alcohol

Article: Gene study determines how humans are related to fruit ...
Genomics & Genetics Weekly;  May 24, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... evolutionary biologist at Penn State, whose research ... scientists from Penn State and Japan. "Cost ... argued that fruit flies and nematodes are ... in humans and fruit flies, whereas nematodes ... graduate student at Penn State and first author ...

Article: University researchers find out how to make fruit ...
Jerusalem Post;  January 8, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... find out how to make fruit flies live longer Byline ... lengthening life - the life of fruit flies, that is. Vadim Fraifeld ... the mean life span of fruit flies by 15%. In other experiments ... voice recognition. The Penn State researchers trained the ...

Article: Fruit flies, don't bother me
Buffalo Grove Countryside (IL);  October 4, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... just that my house has been invaded by fruit flies, and I am constantly clapping my hands ... homes, and we encounter the dreaded fruit flies. Yuck! They're everywhere! Last ... the end of the evening there were more fruit flies than guests. I was mortified. I guess ...

Article: Sleepy Fruit Flies Provide Clues to Learning, ...
Ascribe Higher Education News Service;  June 15, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... the location of sleep regulation in fruit flies. Through further examination of this ... their attention to the fruit fly. "Fruit flies and humans share similar resting patterns ... Like humans, the sleeping states of fruit flies are characterized by periods of immobility ...

Article: To learn without sleep, fruit flies need a proper ...
Science News;  August 30, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... shut-eye--or a shot of dopamine. Fruit flies need sleep in order to learn, a study ... Paul Shaw and his colleagues deprived fruit flies of sleep by handling them gently or ... on a fruit fly treadmill. After the fruit flies were kept up for six to 12 hours past ...

Article: Zapping Hawaii's pesky fruit flies, grid by grid.
M2 Presswire;  October 11, 2002 ;     688 words ... ... US ARS: Zapping Hawaii's pesky fruit flies, grid by grid (C)1994-2002 M2 ... 10102002 A quartet of exotic tropical fruit flies--Oriental, melon, Mediterranean ... disgusting mess. That's because the fruit flies' tiny, wriggling maggots spoil what ...

Article: Fruit flies shed light on why humans like fizzy ...
The Hindustan Times;  August 30, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... London, Aug. 30 -- A study in fruit flies reveals that they are attracted to ... California, who says that studying fruit flies is helpful as the insects share similar genes with humans. "Fruit flies contain similar versions of many ...