Drosophila melanogaster

"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.

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A species of fruit fly frequently used in genetics because of the large size of its chromosomes.

Descriptor ID	D004331
MeSH Number(s)	B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.750.310.250.500
Concept/Terms	Drosophila melanogaster Drosophila melanogaster Drosophila melanogasters melanogaster, Drosophila D. melanogaster

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Organisms [B]
Eukaryota [B01]
Animals [B01.050]
Invertebrates [B01.050.500]
Arthropods [B01.050.500.131]
Insecta [B01.050.500.131.617]
Pterygota [B01.050.500.131.617.720]
Neoptera [B01.050.500.131.617.720.500]
Holometabola [B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500]
Diptera [B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.750]
Drosophilidae [B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.750.310]
Drosophila [B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.750.310.250]
Drosophila melanogaster [B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.750.310.250.500]

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Bar chart showing 175 publications over 29 distinct years, with a maximum of 12 publications in 2019

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1998	1	0	1
1999	1	0	1
2000	2	0	2
2001	2	0	2
2002	9	1	10
2003	5	0	5
2004	2	3	5
2005	3	2	5
2006	5	3	8
2007	4	1	5
2008	4	2	6
2009	4	4	8
2010	5	3	8
2011	6	5	11
2012	1	4	5
2013	4	5	9
2014	3	4	7
2015	6	4	10
2016	2	5	7
2017	4	3	7
2018	2	8	10
2019	6	6	12
2020	1	4	5
2021	1	4	5
2022	1	0	1
2023	3	3	6
2024	4	2	6
2025	2	4	6
2026	1	1	2

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Aponte Ramos L, Pena D?az X, Cruz S?nchez RM, Rodr?guez De Jes?s AE, Cantres Rosario YM, Tosado Rodr?guez EL, Roche Lima A, Mel?ndez LM, Chiesa R. Neuroproteomic Profiling of the Anxiolytic Potential of Stypopodium zonale in Drosophila. Int J Mol Sci. 2026 Feb 27; 27(5).

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Zhao P, El Fadel O, Le A, Mangleburg CG, Dhindsa J, Wu T, Zhao J, Huang M, Amoh B, Marella AS, Li Y, Seyfried NT, Levey AI, Liu Z, Al-Ramahi I, Botas J, Shulman JM. Systems genetic dissection of brain gene expression reveals excitotoxic mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease. Mol Psychiatry. 2026 Jun; 31(6):3462-3481.

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Deger JM, Hannan SB, Gu M, Strohlein CE, Goodman LD, Pasupuleti S, Shaik Z, Ma L, Li Y, Li J, Stephens MC, Tyrl?k M, Liu Z, Al-Ramahi I, Botas J, Shaw CA, Kanca O, Bellen HJ, Shulman JM. Revealing the nervous system requirements of Alzheimer disease risk genes in Drosophila. Am J Hum Genet. 2025 Dec 04; 112(12):2870-2887.

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Nemat RA, Chaya T, Atheby AC, Lawal HO. Altered Vesicular Acetylcholine Transporter Expression Regulates Acetylcholine Abundance in the Brain of Drosophila melanogaster. J Neurochem. 2025 Jun; 169(6):e70109.

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Gemeinhardt TM, Regy RM, Phan TM, Pal N, Sharma J, Senkovich O, Mendiola AJ, Ledterman HJ, Henrickson A, Lopes D, Kapoor U, Bihani A, Sihou D, Kim YC, Jeruzalmi D, Demeler B, Kim CA, Mittal J, Francis NJ. A disordered linker in the Polycomb protein Polyhomeotic tunes phase separation and oligomerization. Mol Cell. 2025 Jun 05; 85(11):2128-2146.e15.

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Stephens MC, Li J, Mair M, Moore J, Zhu K, Tarkunde A, Amoh B, Perez AM, Bhakare A, Guo F, Shulman JM, Al-Ramahi I, Botas J. Computational and functional prioritization identifies genes that rescue behavior and reduce tau protein in fly and human cell models of Alzheimer disease. Am J Hum Genet. 2025 May 01; 112(5):1081-1096.

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Spargo TP, Sands CF, Juan IR, Mitchell J, Ravanmehr V, Butts JC, De-Paula RB, Kim Y, Hu F, Wang Q, Vitsios D, Garg M, Middleton L, Tyrlik M, Messa M, Del Angel G, Calame DG, Saade H, Robak L, Hollis B, Cuddapah VA, Zoghbi HY, Shulman JM, Petrovski S, Al-Ramahi I, Tachmazidou I, Dhindsa RS. Haploinsufficiency of ITSN1 is associated with a substantial increased risk of Parkinson's disease. Cell Rep. 2025 Mar 25; 44(3):115355.

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Chou J, Li MZ, Wey B, Mumtaz M, Ramroop JR, Singh S, Govind S. Venomous Cargo: Diverse Toxin-Related Proteins Are Associated with Extracellular Vesicles in Parasitoid Wasp Venom. Pathogens. 2025 Mar 05; 14(3).

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Milano SN, Bayer LV, Ko JJ, Casella CE, Bratu DP. The role of ER exit sites in maintaining P-body organization and integrity during Drosophila melanogaster oogenesis. EMBO Rep. 2025 Jan; 26(2):494-520.

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Bayer LV, Milano SN, Bratu DP. The mRNA dynamics underpinning translational control mechanisms of Drosophila melanogaster oogenesis. Biochem Soc Trans. 2024 10 30; 52(5):2087-2099.

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