fruit fly
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In the field, those 20-inch black-painted aluminum wheels wouldn’t stay pretty for long; those running boards would have the life expectancy of a fruit fly.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
That required Ortega-Jiménez to attach a tiny wire connected to a high-voltage power supply to the back of each fruit fly to control its voltage.
From Science Daily • Oct. 15, 2025
But it wasn't until October that scientists studying the brain of a fruit fly mapped the position, shape and connections of every single one of its 130,000 cells and 50 million connections.
From BBC • Dec. 28, 2024
The oriental fruit fly is widespread throughout much of the mainland of southern Asia and neighboring islands, including Sri Lanka and Taiwan, and it has invaded other areas, most notably Africa and Hawaii.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2024
Between 1910 and 1912, Morgan and his students crossed thousands of fruit fly mutants with each other to create tens of thousands of flies.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
