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University of Utah

Nitin Phadnis, University of Utah

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Nitin Phadnis, a University of Utah assistant professor of biology, has published a paper in the journal Science identifying a long-sought gene involved in forming new species. The gene normally kills hybrids of two closely related species of fruit flies, keeping the two species distinct.

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Lee J. Siegel, University of Utah

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