2024年4月20日 · Understanding the causes of death in an animal model is essential to dissect the lifespan-extending interventions that are organism- or disease-specific from those broadly …

The presence of insects in a corpse is a critical clue towards estimating the time of death for bodies dead for longer periods of time. Because flies rapidly discover a body and their …

2023年6月13日 · Fruit flies exposed to dead flies of their species age faster, and researchers have identified the precise brain cells that respond to the sight of corpses and trigger this rapid …

2023年6月14日 · Research has shown that when fruit flies of the species Drosophila melanogaster are exposed to the carcasses of their dead friends, their lifespan shrinks in a …

2023年6月13日 · To study this so-called death perception, you need corpses; Dr. Gendron and colleagues use starvation to get theirs. This morbid work, published on Tuesday in the journal …

As adult blow flies are able to colonize a corpse within minutes after death, age estimation of their juvenile stages may yield “on-the-day” data for the PMI min even several weeks post mortem. …

2019年10月10日 · Fly movement was tracked through 3-dimensional (3D) space as the fly died, using either reflected visible light, reflected infrared (IR) light, or fly GFP fluorescence. …

2013年8月10日 · Is it possible to predict when a fly will die based upon a loss of organ function? What accounts for the enormous variation in lifespan amongst individual flies within a …

2023年6月13日 · Researchers led by Christi Gendron at the University of Michigan have found the link between death perception and accelerated aging in flies. Their new study, published June …

Cold weather can be fatal to flies, while warm weather can accelerate their metabolism and shorten their lifespan. Therefore, it is essential to maintain a moderate temperature to control …