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Fruit Fly Study Aims to Provide Genetic Answers for Humans

Evolution is a continuing process, affecting all organisms, humans among them. Indeed, humans continue to adapt to their environment. But how does this adaptation take place, and how do genes vary within a population? To find the answers, researchers have long hoped that fruit flies will provide clues to humans' own genetic footprints of adaptation. Full Story