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Title |
Of flies and men: insights on organismal metabolism from fruit flies
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Published in |
BMC Biology, April 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1741-7007-11-38 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
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. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 11 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United Kingdom | 6 | 55% |
France | 2 | 18% |
Unknown | 3 | 27% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 6 | 55% |
Scientists | 3 | 27% |
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 18% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 202 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Germany | 3 | 1% |
United States | 2 | <1% |
Portugal | 1 | <1% |
Belgium | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 195 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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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 % |
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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% |