Fruit Fly with Fungus (IMAGE)

NASA/Johnson Space Center

Fruit Fly with Fungus

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This is a fruit fly infected with fungus. Fruit flies that developed in space showed weakened immunity to fungal infections post-spaceflight.

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Deborah Kimbrell

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