EP 44 · 33:37

Why fruit flies became a foundational model organism

From New Rules For Heredity (Non-Mendelian Inheritance of Epigenetics)

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33:37fruitfly as a model organism and you know the lineage of that is seen in every single university that does serious biomedical research. They have a a fly lab somewhere doing something. >> Isn't it incredible something that people when they're in their house are trying to look for ways to make these things go away? Not specifically the fruitfly, but you just saw >> fly. I mean, yeah, fruit flies are a big, you know, they're big and and it is a cornerstone of us getting a greater understanding not only of our our own lives as humans, but the lives of all animals on the planet. It's just >> it's still going and it's right, it's still happening. >> It's still happening. There's still so much we can learn from the flute fruit fly. It's pretty insane. Um, another

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    New Rules For Heredity (Non-Mendelian Inheritance of Epigenetics)

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