"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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| 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 | 7 | 14 |
| 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 | 6 | 10 |
| 2022 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2023 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2024 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Drosophila" by people in Profiles.
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The Drosophila Larval Neuromuscular Junction: Developmental Overview. Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2025 Jul 01; 2025(7):pdb.top108449.
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Labeling of Cell Surface Proteins at the Drosophila Larval Neuromuscular Junction Using Binding Partner Peptides. Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2025 Jul 01; 2025(7):pdb.prot108501.
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Cell Ablation Techniques for the Larval Drosophila Neuromuscular System. Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2025 Jul 01; 2025(7):pdb.prot108503.
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Immunohistochemistry and Morphometric Analysis of Drosophila Larval Body Wall Neuromuscular Junction Preparations. Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2025 Jul 01; 2025(7):pdb.prot108500.
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Using the Proximity Ligation Assay to Visualize Colocalization of Proteins at the Drosophila Larval Neuromuscular Junction. Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2025 Jul 01; 2025(7):pdb.prot108502.
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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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Development and characterization of a Drosophila model of Snyder-Robinson syndrome. Methods Enzymol. 2025; 715:241-256.
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Subcellular Enrichment Patterns of New Genes in Drosophila Evolution. Mol Biol Evol. 2025 Feb 03; 42(2).
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Ancestral neural circuits potentiate the origin of a female sexual behavior in Drosophila. Nat Commun. 2024 10 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).