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6 years ago
You have been following the recent presidential elections and have heard some candidates disparaging excessive and unnecessary federal government expenditures.
 
  One particular candidate asks: Why are we spending millions of dollars studying fruit flies? How can that possibly help us find a cure for cancer? Use your knowledge of model organisms to explain why studies in D. melanogaster (the fruit fly) areactually an excellent use of research funding.
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6 years ago
Fundingresearch on D. melanogaster is a worthwhile investment for several reasons: (1) working with insect animal models is relatively inexpensive; (2) fruit flies have historically proven useful in helping understand eukaryotic chromosome behavior; and (3) many of the genes in Drosophila are highly similar in sequence to the homologous human genes, and thus can be used to study human diseases.
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