Drosophila

"Drosophila" 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.

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A genus of small, two-winged flies containing approximately 900 described species. These organisms are the most extensively studied of all genera from the standpoint of genetics and cytology.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Drosophila" by people in this website by year, and whether "Drosophila" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 549 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 36 publications in 2022
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