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A new study in fruit flies describes how an animal’s gut reacts differently to beneficial microbes versus harmful pathogens.

  • Entomology
Viral spike proteins

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A study in fruit flies advances understanding of the processes and machinery that underlie how insects, such as mosquitoes, spread disease.

  • Boyce Thompson Institute
  • Entomology
  • Health + Nutrition

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A new study of the common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) has identified a protein in the male’s seminal fluid that triggers the female’s midgut to expand after mating. This widening and lengthening of the gut likely prepares the female for...

  • Biology
  • Entomology
  • Nature
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The funding is intended to advance knowledge in both fundamental and applied sciences important to agriculture. The projects: Michelle Heck, a research molecular biologist at the USDA Agricultural Research Service and adjunct associate professor...
  • Animal Science
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section