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Of flies and men: insights on organismal metabolism from fruit flies

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Title
Of flies and men: insights on organismal metabolism from fruit flies
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BMC Biology, April 2013
DOI 10.1186/1741-7007-11-38
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Akhila Rajan, Norbert Perrimon

Abstract

The fruit fly Drosophila has contributed significantly to our general understanding of the basic principles of signaling, cell and developmental biology, and neurobiology. However, answers to questions pertaining to energy metabolism have been so far mostly addressed in more complex model organisms such as mice. We review in this article recent studies that show how the genetic tractability and simplicity of Drosophila are being used to identify novel regulatory mechanisms at the organismal level, and to query the co-ordination between energy metabolism and other processes such as neurodegeneration, circadian rhythms, immunity, and tumor biology.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Germany 3 1%
United States 2 <1%
Portugal 1 <1%
Belgium 1 <1%
Unknown 195 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 61 30%
Researcher 42 21%
Student > Master 22 11%
Student > Bachelor 14 7%
Professor > Associate Professor 13 6%
Other 23 11%
Unknown 27 13%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 104 51%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 46 23%
Neuroscience 10 5%
Medicine and Dentistry 3 1%
Immunology and Microbiology 2 <1%
Other 12 6%
Unknown 25 12%