Developmental biology: Our fly cousins' gut
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2008Source
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454Pages
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What do we humans have in common with flies? Quite a lot, at least at the cellular and molecular levels. Our intestine, for instance, is similar to that of the fly, not only in function but also in its development and maintenance. © 2008 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved.
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