"Drosophila melanogaster" 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 species of fruit fly frequently used in genetics because of the large size of its chromosomes.
| Descriptor ID |
D004331
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.750.310.250.500
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Drosophila melanogaster" by people in this website by year, and whether "Drosophila melanogaster" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 1997 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2001 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2002 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 2003 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2004 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 2005 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| 2006 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 2007 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2008 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 2009 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| 2010 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 2011 | 11 | 3 | 14 |
| 2012 | 17 | 3 | 20 |
| 2013 | 17 | 8 | 25 |
| 2014 | 18 | 8 | 26 |
| 2015 | 17 | 9 | 26 |
| 2016 | 14 | 13 | 27 |
| 2017 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 2018 | 13 | 12 | 25 |
| 2019 | 5 | 16 | 21 |
| 2020 | 7 | 12 | 19 |
| 2021 | 3 | 16 | 19 |
| 2022 | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| 2023 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2024 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 2025 | 5 | 16 | 21 |
| 2026 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Drosophila melanogaster" by people in Profiles.
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Sleep drive, not total sleep amount, increases seizure risk. Nat Commun. 2025 Jul 29; 16(1):6967.
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Rare variants in BMAL1 are associated with a neurodevelopmental syndrome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025 Aug 05; 122(31):e2427085122.
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ANKLE2-related microcephaly: A variable microcephaly syndrome resembling Zika infection. Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2022 08; 9(8):1276-1288.
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Dual targeting of brain region-specific kinases potentiates neurological rescue in Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1. EMBO J. 2021 04 01; 40(7):e106106.
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RNAi Screening to Identify Factors That Control Circular RNA Localization. Methods Mol Biol. 2021; 2209:321-332.
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Single-Cell Transcriptomes Reveal Diverse Regulatory Strategies for Olfactory Receptor Expression and Axon Targeting. Curr Biol. 2020 04 06; 30(7):1189-1198.e5.
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Cell-Surface Proteomic Profiling in the Fly Brain Uncovers Wiring Regulators. Cell. 2020 01 23; 180(2):373-386.e15.
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The Integrator Complex Attenuates Promoter-Proximal Transcription at Protein-Coding Genes. Mol Cell. 2019 12 05; 76(5):738-752.e7.
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Transsynaptic Fish-lips signaling prevents misconnections between nonsynaptic partner olfactory neurons. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 08 06; 116(32):16068-16073.
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AWD regulates timed activation of BMP signaling in intestinal stem cells to maintain tissue homeostasis. Nat Commun. 2019 07 05; 10(1):2988.