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ArticleScientific reports2025

Drosophila melanogaster as a model organism to investigate sex specific differences.

Sonja Dähn, Anika E Wagner

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Article in Scientific reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Sonja DähnInstitute of Nutritional Science, Justus Liebig University, Wilhelmstrasse 20, 35392, Giessen, Germany. sonja.daehn@ernaehrung.uni-giessen.de.
Anika E WagnerInstitute of Nutritional Science, Justus Liebig University, Wilhelmstrasse 20, 35392, Giessen, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sex differences in physiology, anatomy, behavior, and genetics are well-documented throughout the animal kingdom. These differences are often neglected in research. This imbalance can have detrimental effects, as seen in cases where certain drugs have stronger side effects in females than in males. The fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, presents a promising model for studying these sex-specific differences because it shares many disease-related genes and is easy to use. RNA of 10-day-old and 30-day-old D. melanogaster (w

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Drosophila melanogasterSex CharacteristicsAnimalsDrosophila ProteinsFemaleGene Expression ProfilingLipid MetabolismMaleModels, AnimalSex FactorsSignal TransductionDrosophila ProteinsDrosophila melanogasterImd signalingImmunityInsulin signalingSex differencesToll signaling

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PMID40467909
PMCPMC12137727

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