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"There's a buzz in the air, the sound of a billion wings vibrating to the tune of scientific success. In biology labs across the world, fruit flies are turning up answers to some of the basic questions of life. It's business as usual for the fly, which for generations has been defining biology's major landmarks. From genetics to development, behavior to aging, and evolution to the origin of species, the fruit fly has been a key player in some of the twentieth century's greatest biological discoveries.".
"Techniques to pinpoint genes that play a role in human disease depend on genetic mapmaking principles first established with the fly. It was experiments on fruit flies that opened our eyes to the dangers of radiation to human health. In fact, everything from gene therapy to cloning to the Human Genome Project is built on the foundation of fruit fly research. Despite its many achievements, the fruit fly remains an unsung hero in the history of science.
At last, here is a book that gives the fly its long overdue credit."--BOOK JACKET.
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La Mosca/ the Fly: El Heroe Desconocido De La Ciencia Del Siglo XX (El Ojo Infalible)
April 2007, Oceano De Mexico
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Fly: The Unsung Hero of 20Th-Century Science
May 2003, Diane Pub Co
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FLY: THE UNSUNG HERO OF TWENTIETH CENTURY SCIENCE
2002, PHOENIX PRESS, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
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Fly: The Unsung Hero of Twentieth Century Science
October 8, 2002, HarperCollins Publishers, Ecco
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October 8, 2002, HarperCollins Publishers
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Fly: The Unsung Hero of Twentieth-Century Science
October 1, 2002, Ecco
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Fly: The Unsung Hero of Twentieth-Century Science
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Fly: An Experimental Life
2001, Weidenfeld&Nicolson Ltd, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
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