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Drosophila:
Phylogeny Friday -- 11 April 2008
Drosophila Are Not Fruit Flies EditionPosted on April 11, 2008 9:00 AM • 3 Comments
Sleep, Sex, and Drosophila
Are you less likely to bump uglies when you haven't gotten enough shut-eye?Posted on March 18, 2008 3:00 PM • 1 Comments
Phylogeny Friday -- 1 February 2008
Drosophila melanogaster is not a member of the Drosophila genus?Posted on February 1, 2008 10:00 AM • 18 Comments
Phylogeny Friday -- 28 December 2007
Historical Inaccuracy Edition A lot of us who work in well established biological systems take for granted how those systems were first discovered or established. Sometimes this involves the choice by an individual to begin studying development using a small...Posted on December 28, 2007 10:00 AM • 0 Comments
Geese, Ganders, and Genomes
Sex-biased genes and sex chromosomes.Posted on December 4, 2007 8:00 AM • 5 Comments
Make that 12 Drosophila Genomes
The 12 Drosophila Genomes Project papers are trickling out.Posted on November 7, 2007 2:30 PM • 1 Comments
Two More Drosophila Genomes
And many more are on the way!Posted on November 7, 2007 11:00 AM • 3 Comments
Publishing Original Research on Blogs - Part 4
Using the UCSC Genome Browser to download aldolase genes from various insect genomes.Posted on October 5, 2007 9:00 AM • 0 Comments
Publishing Original Research on Blogs - Part 3
This post is part of a series exploring the evolution of a duplicated gene in the genus Drosophila. Today, we will download the protein coding sequence from a database.Posted on October 3, 2007 9:00 AM • 0 Comments
Publishing Original Research on Blogs - Part 2
Introducing aldolase, a duplicated gene involved in metabolism.Posted on October 1, 2007 9:00 AM • 0 Comments
Is there anything Copy Number Variation cannot do?
Carl Zimmer has a post covering three recent papers on gene duplication: one on amylase variation in humans, one on whole genome duplication in yeast, and one on duplications of genes in the Drosophila arizonae reproductive tract. In all three...Posted on September 16, 2007 10:00 AM • 1 Comments
That Crab Has Flies
Drosophila and other flies can infest land crabs. Seriously.Posted on September 6, 2007 11:30 AM • 7 Comments
Sorting the Pancakes that Make up a Genome
Genes are like pancakes, and now we have the algorithms to put the smallest flapjacks on the top of the pile.Posted on August 31, 2007 8:00 AM • 0 Comments
Language Log is Stealing My Business
Two genetics posts from the linguists.Posted on July 22, 2007 5:15 PM • 5 Comments
Drosophila Smell and Taste
On the evolution of genes responsible for host plant preference.Posted on June 22, 2007 12:45 PM • 4 Comments
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