http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/05/27/for-fruit-flies-turning-off-a-gene-means-turning-on-the-same-sex-love/ Quirky, funny, and surprising science news from the edge of the known universe. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:42:05 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/05/27/for-fruit-flies-turning-off-a-gene-means-turning-on-the-same-sex-love/comment-page-1/#comment-10459 Can Fruit Flies See Magnetism? | Discoblog | Discover Magazine Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:02:31 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/05/27/for-fruit-flies-turning-off-a-gene-means-turning-on-the-same-sex-love/#comment-10459 [...] have long known that one of their favorite test subjects, the fruit fly, has a talent unavailable to humans: sensing magnetic fields. Now, researchers led [...] [...] have long known that one of their favorite test subjects, the fruit fly, has a talent unavailable to humans: sensing magnetic fields. Now, researchers led [...]

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/05/27/for-fruit-flies-turning-off-a-gene-means-turning-on-the-same-sex-love/comment-page-1/#comment-7206 Fruit Fly Brains Stay Alive in a Dish, Teach us About Nerve Damage | Discoblog | Discover Magazine Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:46:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/05/27/for-fruit-flies-turning-off-a-gene-means-turning-on-the-same-sex-love/#comment-7206 [...] flies have long been a favorite tinker toy of scientists, and for good reasons—their lives are short, they’re easy to grow, and under [...] [...] flies have long been a favorite tinker toy of scientists, and for good reasons—their lives are short, they’re easy to grow, and under [...]

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/05/27/for-fruit-flies-turning-off-a-gene-means-turning-on-the-same-sex-love/comment-page-1/#comment-7205 Gene Keeps Fruit Flies Straight / Queerty Tue, 27 May 2008 22:36:09 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/05/27/for-fruit-flies-turning-off-a-gene-means-turning-on-the-same-sex-love/#comment-7205 [...] flies may live up to their name. A team of scientists out of the University of Chicago have discovered a gene that keeps the insects flying straight: A team of scientists led by Manyuan Long at the [...] [...] flies may live up to their name. A team of scientists out of the University of Chicago have discovered a gene that keeps the insects flying straight: A team of scientists led by Manyuan Long at the [...]

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