The Fruit Fly as a 'Living test tube' (IMAGE)

Baylor College of Medicine

The Fruit Fly as a 'Living test tube'

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The fruit fly is a laboratory animal model that works as a 'living test tube' in which researchers can test the roles genes might play in human conditions.

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S. Yamamoto/Baylor College of Medicine

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