FLIES MAY REVEAL EVOLUTIONARY STEP TO LIVE BIRTH
November 24, 2008
November 24, 2008
LA JOLLA, Calif., Nov. 24 -- The University of California at San Diego issued the following press release:
A species of fruit fly from the Seychelles Islands often lays larvae instead of eggs, UC San Diego biologists have discovered. Clues to how animals switch from laying eggs to live birth may be found in the well-studied species' ecology and genes.
The fly is one of a dozen species of Drosophila to have recently had their genomes sequenced, information that shoul . . .
A species of fruit fly from the Seychelles Islands often lays larvae instead of eggs, UC San Diego biologists have discovered. Clues to how animals switch from laying eggs to live birth may be found in the well-studied species' ecology and genes.
The fly is one of a dozen species of Drosophila to have recently had their genomes sequenced, information that shoul . . .