Genetic studies in model organisms, including Drosophila, have a rich history of fundamental insights in neuroscience, including the identification and functional dissection of genes important in ...

All Drosophila cultures are allowed to go through 2 generations and be checked for mites before being brought into the main fly lab or culture rooms. More information about how to quarantine stocks ...

Morgan's experiments are not only fundamental to our knowledge of heredity; they have also made an animal respectable for science, which previously only a few specialists had worked with: the fruit, ...

Red spider mites are tiny wingless insect-like creatures that have eight legs and a one-piece body. They are so small that a hand lens is needed to see them clearly. Greenhouse spider mites ...

But what about pore cleaning mites like Demodex folliculorum that spend their entire life living deep in our faces? At night, the 0.3mm long organisms leave the pores to find a new skin follicle ...

Dr Max Telford is working on a BBSRC-funded project on the developmental genetics of head segmentation in mites. We are using molecular techniques pioneered on Drosophila to identify the head segments ...

Rocha had switched to using the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. After working with Rocha, Abolaji understood the fruit fly’s power. “The fly has a high degree of advantages compared with ...

The Wolbachia present in the predatory mite Metaseiulus occidentalis are genetically similar to those found in insects, and are correlated with nonreciprocal incompatibility in crosses between ...

(NewsNation) — Tiny mites could be behind the itchy red rash afflicting people in regions where broods of cicadas swarmed ...

People are starting to notice a lot of rashy bite marks, and that's apparently caused by itch mites who are feeding off the cicada eggs. "They're microscopic, so you can't really see the itch ...

Nikon Instruments Inc. today announced the winners of the 50th annual Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition, ...