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To all the non-biology people saying essentially "meh, flies," we're not as different from flies as you might think. Model organisms aren't just chosen because
by JabavuAdams 7y ago
To all the non-biology people saying essentially "meh, flies," we're not as different from flies as you might think. Model organisms aren't just chosen because they're easy to study. They're chosen because At the genetic, molecular, and cellular level results actually transfer to us. This may not be obvious if you haven't done advanced studies in biology.
- acomjean 7y agoI’ve been working with a fly lab the last few years. They really do model diseases and gene functions. There are tools to look up genes across species and determine how close they are (othologs). Plus cheaper to study. For example circadian rythmns were discovered in flies first: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2017/press-release/ https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2017/press-releas... Disease research also is done: https://dmm.biologists.org/content/9/3/235 https://dmm.biologists.org/content/9/3/235