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- proper noun   A taxonomic genus within thefamily Drosophilidae — thefruit flies .
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								The spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii, an invasive vinegar fly native to southeast Asia, first appeared on fruit crops from California to British Columbia last fall. ENS 2010 
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								The spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii, an invasive vinegar fly native to southeast Asia, first appeared on fruit crops from California to British Columbia last fall. ENS 2010 
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								Sex in Drosophila is largely determined by alternative splicing Poster-Med93 1993 
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								Whitlock & Bourguet, Factors affecting the genetic load in Drosophila: synergistic epistasis and correlations among fitness components, Evolution 2000 
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								Scientists regulating a brand brand new drug screening method in Drosophila (fruit flies), have identified multiform drugs as good as tiny molecules that retreat a facilities of frail X set of symptoms -- a frequent form of mental slow-down as good as a single of a leading good well well known causes of autism. Autism Related Disorders: Drosophila Drug Screen For Fragile X ... admin 2009 
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								Scientists regulating a brand brand new drug screening method in Drosophila (fruit flies), have identified multiform drugs as good as tiny molecules that retreat a facilities of frail X set of symptoms -- a frequent form of mental slow-down as good as a single of a leading good well well known causes of autism. Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009 
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								You can see a special Nature web focus here, in which Chris and her editor colleagues write that since its first use as a model organism 100 years ago, Drosophila is one the most Internet-savvy laboratory organisms, with extensive databases devoted to genetics, genomics, taxonomy, breeding and mail ordering. Fruit flies poised to take on world Maxine 2007 
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								You can see a special Nature web focus here, in which Chris and her editor colleagues write that since its first use as a model organism 100 years ago, Drosophila is one the most Internet-savvy laboratory organisms, with extensive databases devoted to genetics, genomics, taxonomy, breeding and mail ordering. November 2007 Maxine 2007 
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								You can see a special Nature web focus here, in which Chris and her editor colleagues write that since its first use as a model organism 100 years ago, Drosophila is one the most Internet-savvy laboratory organisms, with extensive databases devoted to genetics, genomics, taxonomy, breeding and mail ordering. Fruit flies poised to take on world Maxine 2007 
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								The syncytial blastoderm in Drosophila show that the nuclei can independently divide and later form a multicellular embryo. Albert de Roos: A design hypothesis for the evolution of the nucleus 2006 
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