Trudy Mackay with Magnify Flies (IMAGE)

Clemson University

Trudy Mackay with Magnify Flies

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Trudy Mackay uses the fruit fly (Drosophila) as a model system because more than 70 percent of disease-causing genes in humans have a fly counterpart and researchers can precisely control the genetic background and environment of the flies.

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Clemson University College of Science

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