The Fruit Fly (<i>Drosophila melanogaster</i>) (IMAGE)

Aarhus University

The Fruit Fly (<i>Drosophila melanogaster</i>)

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Up to three-quarters of all identified human disease genes are found in a similar version in the fruit fly, and there is also a high degree of similarity between the nervous system of humans and insects.

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Torsten Nygård Kristensen, Aalborg University

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