Tiny changes in gene expression can lead to big differences in eye size of fruit flies

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Feb 26, 2025, 2:43 pm122 pts
An international team of scientists has discovered that tiny changes in the timing of the expression of a single gene can lead to big differences in eye size. Gene expression is the process by which the information encoded in a gene is turned into a functional output, for example, the production of a protein.

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