Fruit fly eyes have a different structure than ours do, but they serve similar functions: to detect light from the environment and send that information to the brain. The part of the fly’s brain that ...

In an evolutionary battle of the sexes, scientists have found that male flies sharpen their eyesight to avoid being tricked ...

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the cells and structure of a fruit fly eye, and equations describing some of the biological processes involved. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news ...

The fruit fly’s eye consists of a highly patterned hexagonal lattice of 800 clusters of photoreceptor cells. Some of the secrets as to how this pattern formed remained a mystery until 2022. That’s ...

With bloated bellies and hairy legs, female flies try to look bigger to get food from courting mates. But male flies, in turn ...

Thus, according to Mendel's principles, a dihybrid cross between two heterozygous fruit flies with brown bodies and red eyes (BbEe X BbEe) should yield offspring with nine possible genotypes (BBEE ...