John Pool, University of Wisconsin-Madison (IMAGE)

University of Wisconsin-Madison

John Pool, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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John Pool, assistant professor of genetics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, studies evolution in the field by focusing on the fruit fly. His most recent study identified a genetic change that allows an African fruit fly to eat a fruit that is toxic to the fly's closest relatives.

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David Tenenbaum, UW-Madison University Communications

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