Segment-specific boundaries of histone modifications reveal the regulatory logic of a classic developmental control region.

Body shape and behavioural specializations found across the castes of ant species evolved together and reflect different abilities for ground behaviors.

The Drosophila equivalent of the human protein Mixed Lineage Leukemia 1n enables neural stem cells to generate neural progenitors through the fly equivalent of the human transcription factor Sp8, thereby contributing to an increased number and diversity of cell types during brain development.

ChIP-seq and phenotypic analyses reveal Atrophin from Drosophila directly regulates Notch and Dpp signaling components, and engrailed gene expression, via interactions with GAGA Factor.

Flight system of flies is driven by wings and mechanosensory halteres that operate as independently driven but coupled oscillators, thereby imparting robustness against wing or thorax damage.

A novel mechanism of gene regulation is discovered wherein a specific long non-coding RNA abolishes the blocking activity of chromatin insulator in the Drosophila HOX gene cluster.

A chromatin boundary factor that is only active during early embryo development has been discovered in Drosophila.

An unexpected interaction between a long non-coding RNA locus and a genetic insulator called Fub-1 has an important role in gene regulation during development in Drosophila.