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Limiting intake of a non-essential amino acid brings surprising benefits in fruit fly study

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Feeding female fruit flies a diet low in the amino acid tyrosine improves their ability to endure food shortage, reduces their reproductive output, and causes them to live longer, RIKEN researchers have found. The findings, published in the journal Science Advances, could have implications for how diet affects human longevity and reproduction.

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Tiny Radar Tags Enable Novel Insights in Fruit Fly Dispersal

This post Tiny Radar Tags Enable Novel Insights in Fruit Fly Dispersal appeared first on Entomology Today - Brought to you by the Entomological Society of America. Using harmonic radar and tags weighing less than a milligram, scientists have shown fruit flies like Bactrocera jarvisi can be tracked in fields and forests to reveal flight patterns and wind-driven effects in real-world environments. The researchers say the technique can open doors t…

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