SciShow
We Finally Know How Anesthesia Works
Even though doctors have been using general anesthesia for nearly 200 years, they haven’t really understood the details of how it temporarily shuts down your brain — until now.
Bozeman Science
AP Biology Lab 7: Genetics of Drosophila
Mr. Andersen describes the virtual fly lab. Software at sciencecourseware.org allows for multiple matings and statistical analysis.
SciShow
What Fruit Flies Taught Us About Human Biology
For creatures that look nothing like us, fruit flies have been able to teach us a lot about human biology as we’ve studied them over the past century.
SciShow
We Finally Know How Anesthesia Works
Even though doctors have been using general anesthesia for nearly 200 years, they haven’t really understood the details of how it temporarily shuts down your brain — until now.
Bozeman Science
Linked Genes
Paul Andersen explains how linked genes behave and how linked genes were discovered. He shows how linked genes would be reflected in a dihybrid cross using a fruit fly simulator. He uses chromosome-based punnett squares to explain why...
Curated Video
Using Drosophila to Study Alzheimer's Disease: Potential Breakthrough for New Drugs
Scientists at Southampton University are using Drosophila, the common fruit fly, to study the role of a protein called Tau in the progression of Alzheimer's disease. By identifying over 100 genes in the fruit fly that are closely related...
Nature League
Should We Keep Using Lab Rats? The Debate Over Model Organisms
This week on Nature League, Brit discusses the concept of model organisms and offers some arguments for and against their use. Get your Critically Endangered Sharks poster here! Only on sale through May 30th.
Next Animation Studio
New research sheds light on why it feels harder to wake up in cold winter mornings
Research done on fruit flies shows that a special batch of neurons sensitive to outer temperatures “suppresses” other neurons in charge of morning “activeness.”
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Paintbrush Gene
Through video clips, demonstrations, and inquiry learn how the paintbrush gene functions in the process of evolution.
NASA
Science at Nasa: Science Casts: Fruit Flies on the International Space Station
A new species is about to join astronauts on the International Space Station: Drosophila melanogaster, also known as the "fruit fly." Genetically speaking, the bug-eyed insects have a lot in common with human beings, and they are poised...
Bozeman Science
Bozeman Science: Ap Biology Lab 7 Genetics of Drosophila
Mr. Andersen describes the virtual fly lab. Software at sciencecourseware.org allows for multiple matings and statistical analysis. [5:25]