"Drosophila" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A genus of small, two-winged flies containing approximately 900 described species. These organisms are the most extensively studied of all genera from the standpoint of genetics and cytology.
| Descriptor ID |
D004330
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.750.310.250
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| Concept/Terms |
Drosophila- Drosophila
- Drosophilas
- Fruit Fly, Drosophila
- Drosophila Fruit Flies
- Drosophila Fruit Fly
- Flies, Drosophila Fruit
- Fly, Drosophila Fruit
- Fruit Flies, Drosophila
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 1996 | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| 1997 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 1998 | 13 | 2 | 15 |
| 1999 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 2000 | 12 | 2 | 14 |
| 2001 | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| 2002 | 18 | 7 | 25 |
| 2003 | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| 2004 | 13 | 3 | 16 |
| 2005 | 11 | 5 | 16 |
| 2006 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2007 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 2008 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 2009 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 2010 | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| 2011 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 2012 | 11 | 6 | 17 |
| 2013 | 13 | 3 | 16 |
| 2014 | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| 2015 | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| 2016 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2017 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2020 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 2021 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2022 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2023 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2024 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Drosophila" by people in Profiles.
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Development and characterization of a Drosophila model of Snyder-Robinson syndrome. Methods Enzymol. 2025; 715:241-256.
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Ancestral neural circuits potentiate the origin of a female sexual behavior in Drosophila. Nat Commun. 2024 Oct 28; 15(1):9210.
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Regulation of proteostasis by sleep through autophagy in Drosophila models of Alzheimer's disease. Life Sci Alliance. 2024 Nov; 7(11).
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Protocol for 3D surface texture modeling and quantitative spectral decomposition analysis in Drosophila border cell clusters. STAR Protoc. 2024 Sep 20; 5(3):103048.
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Loss of Fic causes progressive neurodegeneration in a Drosophila model of hereditary spastic paraplegia. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis. 2024 10; 1870(7):167348.
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Reduction of spermine synthase enhances autophagy to suppress Tau accumulation. Cell Death Dis. 2024 May 13; 15(5):333.
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hkb is required for DIP-a expression and target recognition in the Drosophila neuromuscular circuit. Commun Biol. 2024 04 27; 7(1):507.
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Projective light-sheet microscopy with flexible parameter selection. Nat Commun. 2024 Mar 29; 15(1):2755.
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Inter-plane feedback coordinates cell morphogenesis and maintains 3D tissue organization in the Drosophila pupal retina. Development. 2024 Mar 15; 151(6).
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Neuronal Wiring Receptors Dprs and DIPs Are GPI Anchored and This Modification Contributes to Their Cell Surface Organization. eNeuro. 2024 Feb; 11(2).