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The physicists needed to know the exact charge of the fruit flies used in the experimental model.

Other familiar model organisms include mice, fruit flies and baker's yeast.

That gene makes the gut of the female about 20% bigger than the gut in male fruit flies, and makes the female more prone to tumors by activating proteins that cause cell division.

Male fruit flies that drink alcohol become more attractive to females, according to a new study.

All that precipitation also spurs the spread of pests like the fruit fly and the growth of fungal diseases, all of which are becoming a growing problem as the planet warms.