Fruit flies on the front line: the translational impact of Drosophila
Drosophila melanogaster has been adopted as one of the most-used model systems since it was first introduced by Thomas Morgan for the study of heredity in the early 20th century. Its experimental tractability and similarity of its biological pathways to those of humans have placed the model at the f...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Company of Biologists
2016-03-01
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| Series: | Disease Models & Mechanisms |
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| Online Access: | http://dmm.biologists.org/content/9/3/229 |