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Brain mapping - a milestone in neurobiological research
The study details more than 50 million connections between more than 139,000 neurons — brain cells that are commonly used in neurobiological studies — of fruit flies.
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Sleep helps 'clean up' the brain
If you have ever had insomnia, you will know the feeling of being dull and dazed.
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Successfully decipher the visual network of the fruit fly larvae brain
With about 2,000 cells, the fruit fly larva brain is much smaller than a brain of a mature fruit fly with 150,000 cells. Meanwhile, this number in the human brain is abo…
Biology
Why does the fruit fly have 23 times longer sperm than the body?
For a long time, people still debate whether size is important for female individuals. Biologists are now assertive, the answer is yes, at least in the case of fruit fli…
Biology
The fruit fly flies backwards
Austrian experts have created a line of fruit flies that can fly backwards like Michael Jackson's famous dance technique.
Biology
Unexpected discoveries of tiny fruit flies
When frightened or in an emergency situation, fruit flies react abnormally quickly.