"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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| 1995 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 1996 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 1997 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2001 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2002 | 12 | 2 | 14 |
| 2003 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2004 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 2005 | 11 | 6 | 17 |
| 2006 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 2007 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2008 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 2009 | 11 | 4 | 15 |
| 2010 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 2011 | 12 | 3 | 15 |
| 2012 | 17 | 4 | 21 |
| 2013 | 16 | 9 | 25 |
| 2014 | 17 | 10 | 27 |
| 2015 | 18 | 7 | 25 |
| 2016 | 15 | 12 | 27 |
| 2017 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| 2018 | 11 | 12 | 23 |
| 2019 | 6 | 16 | 22 |
| 2020 | 8 | 12 | 20 |
| 2021 | 3 | 14 | 17 |
| 2022 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| 2023 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Drosophila melanogaster" by people in Profiles.
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De novo variants in RYBP are associated with a severe neurodevelopmental disorder and congenital anomalies. Genet Med. 2025 Apr; 27(4):101369.
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Dendrite injury triggers neuroprotection in Drosophila models of neurodegenerative disease. Sci Rep. 2024 10 21; 14(1):24766.
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Synergistic activation by Glass and Pointed promotes neuronal identity in the Drosophila eye disc. Nat Commun. 2024 Aug 17; 15(1):7091.
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A single cell RNA sequence atlas of the early Drosophila larval eye. BMC Genomics. 2024 Jun 19; 25(1):616.
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PSMD11 loss-of-function variants correlate with a neurobehavioral phenotype, obesity, and increased interferon response. Am J Hum Genet. 2024 07 11; 111(7):1352-1369.
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The Drosophila Nesprin-1 homolog MSP300 is required for muscle autophagy and proteostasis. J Cell Sci. 2024 06 01; 137(11).
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Social setting interacts with hyper dopamine to boost the stimulant effect of ethanol. Addict Biol. 2024 06; 29(6):e13420.
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Cdk8/CDK19 promotes mitochondrial fission through Drp1 phosphorylation and can phenotypically suppress pink1 deficiency in Drosophila. Nat Commun. 2024 Apr 18; 15(1):3326.
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Comparative exploration of mammalian deafness gene homologues in the Drosophila auditory organ shows genetic correlation between insect and vertebrate hearing. PLoS One. 2024; 19(2):e0297846.
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A Zika virus protein expression screen in Drosophila to investigate targeted host pathways during development. Dis Model Mech. 2024 Feb 01; 17(2).