Inviable Hybrid Male Fruit Fly (IMAGE)

University of Utah

Inviable Hybrid Male Fruit Fly

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This is a microscope image of the small male larval brain of a hybrid of two fruit fly species. Cell division stops, so male hybrid larvae die during the transition to the pupal stage and never become adults.

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Aida de la Cruz, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

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