"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 much used in genetics because of the large size of its chromosomes.
MeSH Number(s)
B01.050.500.131.617.289.310.250.500
Concept/Terms
Drosophila melanogaster- Drosophila melanogaster
- Drosophila melanogasters
- melanogaster, Drosophila
- melanogasters, Drosophila
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Drosophila melanogaster" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Drosophila melanogaster" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1993 | 12 | 11 | 23 |
| 1994 | 19 | 4 | 23 |
| 1995 | 12 | 8 | 20 |
| 1996 | 11 | 3 | 14 |
| 1997 | 15 | 4 | 19 |
| 1998 | 14 | 8 | 22 |
| 1999 | 16 | 7 | 23 |
| 2000 | 20 | 8 | 28 |
| 2001 | 13 | 9 | 22 |
| 2002 | 24 | 13 | 37 |
| 2003 | 19 | 10 | 29 |
| 2004 | 24 | 19 | 43 |
| 2005 | 26 | 14 | 40 |
| 2006 | 22 | 15 | 37 |
| 2007 | 25 | 16 | 41 |
| 2008 | 29 | 11 | 40 |
| 2009 | 41 | 19 | 60 |
| 2010 | 36 | 18 | 54 |
| 2011 | 31 | 23 | 54 |
| 2012 | 40 | 21 | 61 |
| 2013 | 46 | 15 | 61 |
| 2014 | 34 | 19 | 53 |
| 2015 | 29 | 26 | 55 |
| 2016 | 29 | 20 | 49 |
| 2017 | 26 | 22 | 48 |
| 2018 | 29 | 31 | 60 |
| 2019 | 28 | 45 | 73 |
| 2020 | 24 | 29 | 53 |
| 2021 | 16 | 25 | 41 |
| 2022 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Drosophila melanogaster" by people in Profiles.
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Rare EIF4A2 variants are associated with a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by intellectual disability, hypotonia, and epilepsy. Am J Hum Genet. 2023 01 05; 110(1):120-145.
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Distinct signaling signatures drive compensatory proliferation via S-phase acceleration. PLoS Genet. 2022 Dec; 18(12):e1010516.
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An arrayed genome-wide perturbation screen identifies the ribonucleoprotein Hnrnpk as rate-limiting for prion propagation. EMBO J. 2022 12 01; 41(23):e112338.
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CRISPR screens in Drosophila cells identify Vsg as a Tc toxin receptor. Nature. 2022 10; 610(7931):349-355.
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Isha is a su(Hw) mRNA-binding protein required for gypsy insulator function. G3 (Bethesda). 2022 08 25; 12(9).
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Vitamin A Deficiency Alters the Phototransduction Machinery and Distinct Non-Vision-Specific Pathways in the Drosophila Eye Proteome. Biomolecules. 2022 08 06; 12(8).
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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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Sestrin mediates detection of and adaptation to low-leucine diets in Drosophila. Nature. 2022 08; 608(7921):209-216.
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Bi-allelic loss-of-function variants in PPFIBP1 cause a neurodevelopmental disorder with microcephaly, epilepsy, and periventricular calcifications. Am J Hum Genet. 2022 08 04; 109(8):1421-1435.
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Transcriptional and functional motifs defining renal function revealed by single-nucleus RNA sequencing. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 06 21; 119(25):e2203179119.