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Contact: Sean Bettam
s.bettam@utoronto.ca
416-946-7950
University of Toronto
Caption: A genetic study by evolutionary biologists using fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) has shown that organisms with low-quality genes may produce offspring with even more inferior chromosomes, possibly leading to the extinction of certain species over generations.
Credit: Nathaniel Sharp
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