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  title info:
    title: First in fly
    sub title: Drosophila research and biological discovery
  name:
    name part: Mohr, Stephanie Elizabeth
    name part: 1971-
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: mau
    date issued: 2018
    copyright date: 2018
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xii, 257 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
  abstract: A single species of fly, Drosophila melanogaster, has been the subject of scientific research for more than one hundred years. Why does this tiny insect merit such intense scrutiny? Drosophila's importance as a research organism began with its short life cycle, ability to reproduce in large numbers and easy-to-see mutant phenotypes. Over time, laboratory investigation revealed surprising similarities between flies and other animals at the level of genes, gene networks, cell interactions, physiology, immunity and behavior. Like humans, flies learn and remember, fight microbial infection and slow down as they age. Scientists use Drosophila to investigate complex biological activities in a simple but intact living system. Fly research provides answers to some of the most challenging questions in biology and biomedicine, including how cells transmit signals and form ordered structures, how we can interpret the wealth of human genome data now available and how we can develop effective treatments for cancer, diabetes and neurodegenerative diseases. Written by a leader in the Drosophila research community, First in Fly celebrates key insights uncovered by investigators using this model organism. Stephanie Elizabeth Mohr draws on these "first in fly" findings to introduce fundamental biological concepts gained over the last century and explore how research in the common fruit fly has expanded our understanding of human health and disease.
  table of contents: Maps -- Change -- Communication -- Size -- Direction -- Difference -- Defenses -- Behavior -- Coordination -- Continuity.
  note: Stephanie Elizabeth Mohr.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    topic: Drosophila melanogaster
    topic: Genetics
  subject:
    topic: Drosophila melanogaster
    topic: Physiology
  subject:
    topic: Animal models in research
  classification: QL537.D76 M65 2018
  classification: 595.77/4
  identifier: 9780674971011
  identifier: 0674971019
  identifier: 2017039271
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 170914
    record change date: 20180501153816.0
    record identifier: in00003961259