Consider the fruit-fly experiments described in Carl Zimmer's piece in the Science Times on Tuesday.
想想卡尔·齐默周二在《科学时报》上发表的文章中描述的果蝇实验吧。
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Studying the fruitfly, a household nuisance but a time-honored experimental subject, has enabled the secrets of how embryos develop to begin to be unraveled by scientists.
果蝇在家中招人讨厌,但却是一个历史悠久的实验对象。通过研究果蝇,科学家们得以揭开胚胎发育的秘密。
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For example, in the fruitfly, researchers have identified the gene Shaker, mutations in which cause flies to shake violently under anesthesia.