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jordan111 year ago

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Fruit fly research:
Studies under way to deal with fruit fly infestation on CA olive crops.
University of Oxford: Studies giving insight on aging
Studies being done on Alzheimers
Studies being done on how insulin works
Studies done on drugs to show generational affects. A fruit fly can show the affects on 3 generations in a month, & give drug approval faster for those needing the drugs.
Studies on neural disease
Studies on cell cycle regulation (helpful with understanding cancer cell growth)
Studies on the affect of genes by cancer drugs
Studies on Autism

Oh yeah, those pesky fruit flies. Shouldn't spend money on such frivilous research.

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  ETproductions1 year ago
  
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  Fruit flies are incredibly valuable to research in genetic mutations because they breed so rapidly. They produce 7-800 eggs in a 20 to 30 day life span. So in a few years, scientist can observe the long term effects of a genetic mutation over tens of thousands of generations.
  
  Sarah Palin seems to be singularly incurious about the world around her. That's a common attribute of those who are absolutely certain that they already know everything worth knowing, a sentiment quite common among evangelicals.
  
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