Biologists says the genetic machinery of humans, fruit flies and roundworms are similar in surprising ways. This helps research on diseases.
A consortium of more than 200 scientists compared the genome of modern man with that of two creatures widely studied in the lab – the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) and a tiny creature called roundworm (Caenorhabditis elegans).
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