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The Buffy Gene - Fruit fly researchers play the name game with mutated genes
4 July 2005, by WebmasterST. LOUIS - (KRT) - Here’s a riddle: What do the Bible, Pavlov’s dogs, Vincent van Gogh, Barbie dolls, video games and the Flying Wallendas have in common?
The answer: Fruit flies.
All have served as the inspiration for scientists naming newly discovered genes in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster.
Fruit fly researchers try to be creative when naming new genes. Names are chosen to reflect the way a fly looks or behaves when a particular gene is mutated. The scientists often draw on (...)
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