'One of the most important species for science': How the humble fruit fly transformed four fields of research

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Jan 3, 2025, 7:49 am343 ptsTop
The common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster), more correctly called the vinegar fly, is a frequent visitor to ripe fruit in households around the world, where it often deposits eggs on rotting flesh without being noticed. We have probably all consumed different body parts of fruit flies—without any known…

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