It must be the last two weeks of October......
"Studying the common fruit fly - Drosophilia melanogaster -- lets us conduct more sophisticated experiments than can be undertaken in humans. These simple organisms can be grown cheaply in test tubes, fed on yeast, corn meal and molasses, yet their embryos, which can be seen with the naked eye, undergo many of the same developmental processes as larger creatures. Thus, they can serve as models, allowing us to observe details we can't see in more complex animals."
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_...
Not so serious:
What's the difference between Sarah Palin and a fruit fly? No, not lipstick.
One is an annoying pest, and the other is useful in genetic research!
November 4th CANNOT come soon enough!
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