The First Report of a Bang-Sensitive Strain in Drosophila funebris: Molecular-Genetic and Lipidomic Characterization

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17 Oct 2026 0 comments

Bang sensitivity (BS) is a well-characterized seizure-and-paralysis phenotype in Drosophila melanogaster, but its genetic basis remains unexamined in the phylogenetically distant sister species Drosophila funebris. Here, we identify a naturally occurring BS strain in D. funebris from a wild population near Lake Valday, characterized by acute mechanical shock-induced seizures and paralysis, and examine its molecular-genetic and lipidomic basis. Comparative transcriptomics identified 241...