Biology in Action

This is cool! I give very little thought to the fruit fly, infact i usually just kill them when i see them. But i had no idea they were so useful in understanding science and even ourselves. This makes me wonder what type of contributions fruit flys have made. Or for that fact, how scientists are able to use them?

Actually I remember over the years hearing a lot about fruit flies and how the research being done with them has been scientifically beneficial. I do remember also that they had many genes. I do not remember that we share many genes with them though. It seems odd, considering how different we are, but I guess this just means that certain genes in them and in us are turned off, otherwise we would look more similar. I hope that the lack of understanding on the part of politicians does not stifle funding researchers would need to discover helpful cures and remedies for us.

I had no idea the fruit fly of all things in this world could be used for such important human research. This is interesting and very important research. The great thing about fruit flies is that there is always enough of them.

I had no idea that the fruit fly was very important to our understanding of science. I never knew that such a tiny insect carried so many genes beneficial to research. This article is extremely interesting and goes to show that even the tiniest things in life can be so helpful to science.