"Drosophila melanogaster" 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 species of fruit fly frequently used in genetics because of the large size of its chromosomes.
| Descriptor ID |
D004331
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.750.310.250.500
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Drosophila melanogaster" by people in this website by year, and whether "Drosophila melanogaster" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 1997 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| 1998 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 1999 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2000 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2001 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 2002 | 13 | 7 | 20 |
| 2003 | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| 2004 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 2005 | 11 | 4 | 15 |
| 2006 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 2007 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2008 | 10 | 8 | 18 |
| 2009 | 11 | 3 | 14 |
| 2010 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 2011 | 18 | 5 | 23 |
| 2012 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 2013 | 13 | 6 | 19 |
| 2014 | 14 | 2 | 16 |
| 2015 | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| 2016 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2017 | 13 | 1 | 14 |
| 2018 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 2019 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| 2020 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 2021 | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| 2022 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2023 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2024 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Drosophila melanogaster" by people in Profiles.
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Single-Neuron Labeling in Drosophila Using Multicolor FLP-Out. Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2025 Dec 01; 2025(12):pdb.prot108422.
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The Study of Sensorimotor Circuit Assembly in Drosophila melanogaster Embryos and Larvae. Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2025 Dec 01; 2025(12):pdb.top108395.
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Studying Drosophila Larval Behavior in Agarose Channels. Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2025 Dec 01; 2025(12):pdb.prot108420.
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Repulsions instruct synaptic partner matching in an olfactory circuit. Nature. 2026 Jan; 649(8097):667-676.
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Evidence for the major role of PH4?EFB in the prolyl 4-hydroxylation of Drosophila collagen IV. Matrix Biol. 2025 Nov; 141:101-113.
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Meiotic Sex Chromosome Inactivation: Conservation across the Drosophila genus. PLoS Genet. 2025 Sep; 21(9):e1011511.
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Drosophila Late Embryonic through Late Larval Stage Body Wall Dissection: Dissection Tools and Techniques. Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2025 Jul 01; 2025(7):pdb.prot108499.
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A complex relationship between the architecture of the basement membrane, its mechanical properties, and its ability to shape the Drosophila egg. Matrix Biol. 2025 Sep; 140:16-26.
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Detecting deviations from Kingman coalescence using 2-site frequency spectra. Genetics. 2025 Apr 17; 229(4).
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Development and characterization of a Drosophila model of Snyder-Robinson syndrome. Methods Enzymol. 2025; 715:241-256.