...Anupama Ronad; Rekha Vartak The larval plate test has been used by researchers as a choice test to study the response of terrestrial larvae to various external cues. We describe here a laboratory exercise using third instar larvae of wild-type Drosophila to study the response toward multiple cues...

... for permission to photocopy or reproduce article content through the University of California Press's Reprints and Permissions web page, www.ucpress.edu/journals.php?p=reprints . 2019 Bacteria gut microbiome Gram stain serial dilution Drosophila Lactobacillus Complex microbiomes have been...

... Press's Reprints and Permissions web page, www.ucpress.edu/journals.php?p=reprints . 2016 Live models NetLogo Joinpoint NGSS Drosophila population dynamics The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS; NGSS Lead States, 2013 ) focus on exploration of natural phenomena through...

... to observe evolution in real organisms, making evolutionary change seem less like a story and more like nature. Here, we present a multiday laboratory exercise using the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster , as a model organism to illustrate basic concepts of genetics and demonstrate that evolution...

... supplements affect the lifespan of Drosophila melanogaster over multiple generations. Multiple factors are hypothesized to affect the ““epigenome.”” One of these is change in the diet of an organism, tested by supplementation with a specific compound and determination of its effects on the organism's...

...Andrea D. Plunkett; Lev Y. Yampolsky We propose an experimental model suitable for demonstrating allele frequency change in Drosophila melanogaster populations caused by selection against an easily scorable conditional lethal, namely recessive flightless alleles such as apterous and vestigial...