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genome.gov | 2000 Release: Fruitfly Genome Sequenced (896 words)
Model organisms such as the fruitfly are crucial in identifying the function of human genes.
Although humans have 25 times more DNA than does the fruitfly and decoding the human genome is therefore much more complex than sequencing the fruitfly's, the majority of the insect's genes and their protein products are "conserved" - that is, represented by homologous genes - in the human genome.
As a result, fruitflies enable scientists to conduct genetic studies impractical or too complicated or expensive to be performed with humans.
Fruitfly (309 words)
Fruitflies are attracted to very ripe or damaged fruit in the field where they lay their eggs.
Because this fruit is allowed to ripen in the field in order to allow easy removal of the strawberry calyx and core during picking, the harvest interval is increased and the fruit becomes more susceptible to infestation.
Fruitfly eggs and larvae are primarily a contamination problem.
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