Mutant fruit fly names range from fun to disturbing
Fruit flies are a great favorite of scientists — especially geneticists. And those geneticists really enjoy studying fruit fly mutants. They’ve shown their appreciation for these mutants with some seriously weird nicknames. Although they are nothing like humans, fruit flies carry the 65 percent of the genes that have led to the development of human…
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Esther Inglis-Arkell
