Huh. I worked in fly the last 5 years and I’ve not noticed this (we work next to a worm lab). Fly are pretty low on the model species list (human, rat, mouse

Huh. I worked in fly the last 5 years and I’ve not noticed this (we work next to a worm lab). Fly are pretty low on the model species list (human, rat, mouse, fish), and with cell lines experimenting on human cells is becoming more prevalent. Fly researchers know they aren’t at the top and seem quite pleasant to work with. Still with orthologous gene mapping working with fly genetics still has lots of uses.