"Drosophila" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A genus of small, two-winged flies containing approximately 900 described species. These organisms are the most extensively studied of all genera from the standpoint of genetics and cytology.
| Descriptor ID |
D004330
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.131.617.289.310.250
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| Concept/Terms |
Drosophila- Drosophila
- Drosophilas
- Fruit Fly, Drosophila
- Drosophila Fruit Flies
- Drosophila Fruit Fly
- Flies, Drosophila Fruit
- Fly, Drosophila Fruit
- Fruit Flies, Drosophila
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2004 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2010 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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