"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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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2003 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2005 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2006 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2007 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2009 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2010 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2012 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2017 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2018 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2021 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2022 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2025 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Drosophila melanogaster" by people in Profiles.
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Fujioka M, Ke W, Schedl P, Jaynes JB. The homie insulator has sub-elements with different insulating and long-range pairing properties. Genetics. 2025 04 17; 229(4).
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Chikamatsu S, Sakakibara Y, Takei K, Nishijima R, Iijima KM, Sekiya M. Supplementation of essential amino acids suppresses age-associated sleep loss and sleep fragmentation but not loss of rhythm strength under yeast-restricted malnutrition in Drosophila. J Biochem. 2025 Mar 04; 177(3):225-237.
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Inami S, Koh K. Sleep induced by mechanosensory stimulation provides cognitive and health benefits in Drosophila. Sleep. 2024 12 11; 47(12).
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Ke W, Fujioka M, Schedl P, Jaynes JB. Stem-loop and circle-loop TADs generated by directional pairing of boundary elements have distinct physical and regulatory properties. Elife. 2024 Aug 07; 13.
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Bing X, Ke W, Fujioka M, Kurbidaeva A, Levitt S, Levine M, Schedl P, Jaynes JB. Chromosome structure in Drosophila is determined by boundary pairing not loop extrusion. Elife. 2024 Aug 07; 13.
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Dresselhaus EC, Harris KP, Blanchette CR, Koles K, Del Signore SJ, Pescosolido MF, Ermanoska B, Rozencwaig M, Soslowsky RC, Parisi MJ, Stewart BA, Mosca TJ, Rodal AA. ESCRT disruption provides evidence against trans-synaptic signaling via extracellular vesicles. J Cell Biol. 2024 09 02; 223(9).
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DePew AT, Bruckner JJ, O'Connor-Giles KM, Mosca TJ. Neuronal LRP4 directs the development, maturation and cytoskeletal organization of Drosophila peripheral synapses. Development. 2024 06 01; 151(11).
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Bamgbose G, Bordet G, Lodhi N, Tulin A. Mono-methylated histones control PARP-1 in chromatin and transcription. Elife. 2024 May 01; 13.
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Akpoghiran O, Afonso DJS, Zhang Y, Koh K. TARANIS Interacts with VRILLE and PDP1 to Modulate the Circadian Transcriptional Feedback Mechanism in Drosophila. J Neurosci. 2024 01 31; 44(5).
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Richardson K, Sengupta M, Sujkowski A, Libohova K, Harris AC, Wessells R, Merry DE, Todi SV. A phenotypically robust model of spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy in Drosophila. J Neurosci Res. 2024 01; 102(1):e25278.