The wide variety of animal behaviours that can be observed today arose through the
evolution of their underlying neural circuits. Advances in understanding the mechanisms …

The rediscovery of Mendel's work showing that the heredity of phenotypes is controlled by
discrete genes was followed by the reconciliation of Mendelian genetics with evolution by …

The compound eyes of flies exhibit striking variation in size, which has contributed to the
adaptation of these animals to different habitats and their evolution of specialist behaviors …

Genomic mapping of the loci associated with phenotypic evolution has revealed genomic
“hotspots,” or regions of the genome that control multiple phenotypic traits. This clustering of …

Drosophila melanogaster is a leading model in population genetics and genomics, and a
growing number of whole-genome data sets from natural populations of this species have …

Background Insects have evolved complex visual systems and display an astonishing range
of adaptations for diverse ecological niches. Species of Drosophila melanogaster subgroup …

Background Recent technological advances opened the opportunity to simultaneously study
gene expression for thousands of individual cells on a genome-wide scale. The …

Revealing the mechanisms underlying the breathtaking morphological diversity observed in
nature is a major challenge in Biology. It has been established that recurrent mutations in …

The compound eyes of insects exhibit striking variation in size, reflecting adaptation to
different lifestyles and habitats. However, the genetic and developmental bases of variation …

Understanding molecular mechanisms of sexually dimorphic organ growth is a fundamental
problem of developmental biology. Recent quantitative studies showed that the Drosophila …