"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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| 1996 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 1997 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 1998 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 1999 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2000 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2001 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2002 | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| 2003 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 2004 | 13 | 6 | 19 |
| 2005 | 10 | 5 | 15 |
| 2006 | 14 | 4 | 18 |
| 2007 | 13 | 5 | 18 |
| 2008 | 14 | 3 | 17 |
| 2009 | 15 | 5 | 20 |
| 2010 | 21 | 3 | 24 |
| 2011 | 17 | 3 | 20 |
| 2012 | 11 | 5 | 16 |
| 2013 | 11 | 5 | 16 |
| 2014 | 16 | 8 | 24 |
| 2015 | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| 2016 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| 2017 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2018 | 13 | 11 | 24 |
| 2019 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 2020 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2021 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2022 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2024 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Drosophila melanogaster" by people in Profiles.
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Restrepo LJ, Graslie JK, Fortier TM, Baehrecke EH. The conserved outer mitochondrial membrane protein Mtch regulates mitophagy during Drosophila intestinal development. PLoS Biol. 2026 Jan; 24(1):e3003616.
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Vega-Badillo J, Zamore PD, Jouravleva K. Biochemical principles of miRNA targeting in flies. Nat Commun. 2026 Jan 20; 17(1):1641.
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Suthar KP, Hounsell C, Fan Y, Bergmann A. Calcium signaling regulates apoptosis-induced proliferation in Drosophila. PLoS Biol. 2026 Jan; 24(1):e3003607.
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Koon AC, Yeung KYW, Wu Y, Leong LI, Cheung JTP, Chen ZS, Peng SI, Armstrong NS, Frank CA, Magneron P, Gomes-Pereira M, Fung JMS, Bargiela A, Moreno N, Poyatos-Garcia J, Vilchez J, Huguet-Lachon A, Brewer CK, Zinter M, Beck ES, Artero R, Gourdon G, Budnik V, Thomson T, McCabe BD, Chan HYE. Pre- and postsynaptic upregulation of FasII synergistically underlies neuropathological and behavioral phenotypes in a Drosophila model of myotonic dystrophy. Nat Commun. 2025 Dec 18; 17(1):1005.
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Braun T, Afgin N, Sapozhnikov L, Sivan E, Bergmann A, Baena-Lopez LA, Yacobi-Sharon K, Arama E. Apoptosis-resistant cells drive compensatory proliferation via cell-autonomous and non-autonomous functions of the initiator caspase Dronc. Nat Commun. 2025 Dec 04; 16(1):10871.
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Lee Y, Biasini A, Tipping C, Hong SH, Zamore PD. Defining the roles of the Integrator, NEXT, and nuclear exosome complexes in Drosophila oogenesis. Cell Rep. 2025 Oct 28; 44(10):116329.
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Bhat YA, Bhat JY, Shiek SA, Dar MA, Amin S, Peterson CL, Udgaonkar JB, Wani AH. Dynamic Conformations of Chromatin Remodeler ISWI during Nucleosome Sliding Revealed by Hydrogen-Deuterium Exchange Coupled to Mass Spectrometry. Biochemistry. 2025 Oct 07; 64(19):4155-4169.
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Xia Y, Chen C, Emery P. miR-124 acts During Drosophila Development to Determine the Phase of Adult Circadian Behavior. J Biol Rhythms. 2025 Dec; 40(6):574-593.
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Bergmann A. Cell Death, Compensatory Proliferation, and Cell Competition. Annu Rev Genet. 2025 11; 59(1):165-187.
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Lee SK, Shen W, Wen W, Joo Y, Xue Y, Park A, Qiang A, Su S, Zhang T, Zhang M, Fan J, Zhang Y, De S, Gainetdinov I, Sharov A, Maragkakis M, Wang W. Topoisomerase 3b facilitates piRNA biogenesis to promote transposon silencing and germ cell development. Cell Rep. 2025 Apr 22; 44(4):115495.