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‘One of the most important species for science’: how the humble fruit fly transformed 4 fields of research
It was in Drosophila melanogaster that genes were found to be bundled up in chromosomes, through crosses between red-eyed and mutant white-eyed flies. While this research was conducted more than a ...
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Janelia scientists have identified a gene that causes male Drosophila to produce different courtship songs.
Janelia scientists have identified a gene that causes male Drosophila to produce different courtship songs. For decades, pinpointing the precise relationship between genes and behavior has been ...
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The Possible Modification of the Response of the Wild Type to Recurrent Mutations
115-126 (12 pages) The consideration that the wild population is immensely larger than the numbers bred experimentally even in Drosophila, and that the duration ... leads to the conclusion that the ...
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Salty Licorice Cats Are A Rare Breed Featuring Black And White Ombré Fur That's Caused By A Genetic Mutation
The mutation was discovered when the researchers noticed there was a bit of sequence missing from the KIT gene, which is ...