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Drosophila /Dro·soph·i·la/ (dro-sof´il-ah) a genus of fruit flies. D. melanogas´ter is a small species used extensively in experimental genetics. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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To locate the carbon dioxide-sensing genes, Leslie Vosshall of the Rockefeller Institute in New York and her colleagues worked with Drosophila melanogaster. ``The work we're doing involves mutant Drosophila -- fruit flies. Details of the joint research are available in the online issue of Nature Immunology, which was published on June 11, under the title "PGRP-LC and PGRP-LE play essential yet distinct roles in the drosophila immune response to monomeric DAP-type peptidoglycan". |
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