Rescued Hybrid Male Fruit Fly (IMAGE)

University of Utah

Rescued Hybrid Male Fruit Fly

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By disabling a gene that kills or sterilizes the hybrid offspring of two fruit fly species, University of Utah-led researchers 'rescued' a male hybrid fruit fly that normally would have died in its larval stage. Black dots in this image of its brain show cells are dividing normally.

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Aida de la Cruz, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

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