Not every fly is a nuisance. Insights from Drosophila melanogaster, the common fruit fly, reveal how genes influence development and disease progression.
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Calli McMurray is the Media & Science Writing Associate at SfN. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2019 with a Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience.
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