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Published online 25 June 2008 | Nature 453, 1154-1155 (2008) | doi:10.1038/4531154a

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Population genomics for fruitflies

Aggressive drosophila prompt study of genetic make-up.

Starve a fruitfly for a couple of hours, and it gets a little cranky. Pop it into a fruit-fly-sized ring, add seven other starving flies and just one piece of food, and you'll have a riot.

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