Fruit flies of the genus Drosophila have been an attractive and effective genetic model
organism since Thomas Hunt Morgan and colleagues made seminal discoveries with them …

Abstract Background The Mediterranean fruit fly (medfly), Ceratitis capitata, is a major
destructive insect pest due to its broad host range, which includes hundreds of fruits and …

More than 15 petabases of raw RNAseq data is now accessible through public repositories.
Acquisition of other'omics data types is expanding, though most lack a centralized archival …

Abstract Drosophila INterspersed Elements (DINEs) constitute an abundant but poorly
understood group of Helitrons present in several Drosophila species. The general structure …

The gene arrangements of Drosophila have played a prominent role in the history of
evolutionary biology from the original quantification of genetic diversity to current studies of …

Many Drosophila species differ widely in their distributions and climate niches, making them
excellent subjects for evolutionary genomic studies. Here, we have developed a database of …

Abstract Satellite DNAs (SatDNA) are ubiquitously present in eukaryotic genomes and have
been recently associated with several biological roles. Understanding the evolution and …

Sleep is broadly conserved across the animal kingdom but can vary widely between
species. It is currently unclear which selective pressures and regulatory mechanisms …

Cactophilic species of the Drosophila buzzatii cluster (repleta group) comprise an excellent
model group to investigate genomic changes underlying adaptation to extreme climate …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are an important group of immune effectors that play a role in
combating microbial infections in invertebrates. Most of the current information on the …