For me, the most interesting bit of the article is the way the researchers found the downside of mutation 122 without the other two mutations. Why did the resea

For me, the most interesting bit of the article is the way the researchers found the downside of mutation 122 without the other two mutations. Why did the researchers decide to spin the flies in a centrifuge in the first place? Is that a standard procedure in studying fruit flies? But since normal fruit flies usually just walk away from the “carnival ride” as though nothing happened, what do scientists usually expect to gain from such a procedure?