Visible Gene Expression in Aging Fly (IMAGE)

University of Southern California

Visible Gene Expression in Aging Fly

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This is an aging fly containing an hsp22-GFP transgene. The fly is 65-days-old, which is roughly equivalent to 65-years-old for a human. The green color is the GFP fluorescence that indicates that the hsp22 gene has turned on in the old fly. The picture is an overlay of a visible light and GFP fluorescence images.

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USC / John Tower laboratory

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