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Diptera

Known as: True Flies, Fly, True Fly 
An order of the class Insecta. Wings, when present, number two and distinguish Diptera from other so-called flies, while the halteres, or reduced… 
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CalliphoridaeChironomidaeCulicidaeDrosophilidae

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Insecta
LarvaMaggots (invertebrate)MicrobiologicalMyiasis

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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Geographic pattern of genetic variation in the European globeflower Trollius europaeus L. (Ranunculaceae) inferred from amplified fragment length polymorphism markers
The distribution of genetic variation and the phylogenetic relationships between 18 populations of the arctic‐alpine plant… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Investigating the function of follicular subpopulations during Drosophila oogenesis through hormone-dependent enhancer-targeted cell ablation.
Although it is known that the establishment of polarity during Drosophila oogenesis is initiated by signalling from the oocyte to… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Direct regulatory interaction of the eyeless protein with an eye-specific enhancer in the sine oculis gene during eye induction in Drosophila.
The Pax-6 gene encodes a transcription factor with two DNA-binding domains, a paired and a homeodomain, and is expressed during… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
The Drosophila Serum Response Factor gene is required for the formation of intervein tissue of the wing and is allelic to blistered.
The adult Drosophila wing is formed by an epithelial sheet, which differentiates into two non-neural tissues, vein or intervein… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Ectopic expression and function of the Antp and Scr homeotic genes: the N terminus of the homeodomain is critical to functional specificity.
The transcription factors encoded by homeotic genes determine cell fates during development. Each homeotic protein causes cells… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Voltage-sensitive potassium channels in Drosophila photoreceptors
A preparation of dissociated Drosophila ommatidia is described that allows single-channel and whole-cell patch-clamp analysis of… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Fruit flies with additional expression of the elongation factor EF-1 alpha live longer.
In Drosophila melanogaster, the decrease in protein synthesis that accompanies aging is preceded by a decrease in elongation… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Independent control elements that determine yolk protein gene expression in alternative Drosophila tissues.
The adjacent and divergently transcribed yp1 and yp2 genes of Drosophila were separated at a site that is 342 base pairs upstream… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Insulin is present in chicken eggs and early chick embryos.
We showed that insulin appears in the chick embryo before beta-cells are recognizable, as well as in the egg constituents even… 
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
The 5 s RNA genes of Drosophila melanogaster.
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