fruit fly

But exactly how much new information does a fruit fly acquire in a day?

但果蝇在一天里究竟能获得多少信息呢？

My team worked with a biotech start-up to develop a business model to fund further proof-of-concept studies of their fruit fly technology.

我的小组是和一个生物技术新创公司合作开发一种商业模型，以为该公司的果蝇科技进一步的理论证明研究提供资金来源。

The effects of Chinese Taihe chicken and its melanin on age of fruit fly and activity of SOD(superoxide dismutase) in mouse were studied.

研究了泰和乌骨鸡及其黑素对果蝇寿命及小鼠SOD活性的影响。

To see if attractiveness can be hereditary, researchers in England focused on the fruit fly Drosophila simulans.

为了观察魅力是否会遗传，英格兰的研究者们把目标对准果蝇。

But even the fruit-fly brain has its limits and, like any computer, needs a fail-safe shutdown mode as it gets close to overload.

但即使是果蝇的大脑也有它的局限性，就像任何一台计算机，都需要有安全保障，以确保其正常运行。

The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster is one of the best-studied model organisms.

黑腹果蝇是了解得最深入的模式生物之一。

Wigan spent months carving the model out of gold flakes, using the hair from the leg of a fruit fly as a brush.

维冈花了数月时间，用金箔作为原材料、果蝇腿毛作为刷子，完成了这部作品。

Conducting their experiments on the rapidly-reproducing fruit fly, the scientists were able to test this new theory.

科学家以繁殖能力较强的果蝇作为实验对象，可以验证这一新的理论。

Our study indicates that the oriental fruit fly exhibits a diel pattern of movement into and out of the orchard.

本研究显示东方果实蝇每日以一周期性的固定模式迁移于果园内外。

When a male fruit fly suspects he's encountered a female, he'll court; when he senses the other is a male, he'll fight.

当雄性果蝇怀疑它遇到了雌性果蝇时，它会献殷勤；当它认为遇到的是雄性果蝇的话，它会进攻。

It seems that even fruit fly with very small brain can behave in a surprisingly rational manner under a broad range of conditions.

即使果蝇这样相对简单的脑，在很多方面都展示了令人惊奇的“理性”行为。

The measly (Mediterranean fruit fly) is one of the world's most dangerous pests, being a threat to 400 types of vegetables and fruits.

地中海果蝇是世界上最危险的害虫之一，对400多种蔬菜、水果构成威胁。

Fortunately, in addition to its open rhabdom eye, the fruit fly itself also possesses a primitive closed version of an eye.

幸运的是，果蝇除了拥有开放式感杆复眼，还有一种原始的封闭式眼，即在光传感器上发现的眼点。

This model organism can be as simple as a yeast cell or as complex as a nematode worm, fruit fly, or even a mouse.

这一生物模型可以是简单的酵母细胞或复杂的线虫甚至老鼠。

In essence, it was on the tiny back of the fruit fly that scientists launched a genetic revolution.

从本质上讲，在果蝇那微小的背景下，科学家们展开了基因革命。

The European Union and the United States have banned imports of West African mangoes due to fruit fly damage.

由于果蝇虫害，欧盟和美国已经禁止了西非芒果的进口。

In one series of experiments, he caused a fruit fly to "remember" to avoid a certain smell as it flew around.

在一项实验中，他使果蝇在周围飞的时候“记住”避免某些气味。

Researchers modified the fruit fly grubs to explore how the brain translates chemical signals into smells.

研究者改造了果蝇的幼虫，从而探索其大脑是如何将化学信号转化为气味的。

In the fruit fly, the circadian function appears important for regulating periods of activity, analogous to the human sleep-wake cycle.

在果蝇上，昼夜节律机能表现出对调节活动时间的重要性，可模拟出人类睡眠-觉醒周期。

With this knowledge, Morgan and his students began the first chromosomal map of the fruit fly Drosophila.

掌握了这些知识，摩根和他的学生开始了第一次染色体地图果蝇。