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Joan Stephenson, PhD

JAMA. 2000;283:1554-1555.

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Washington—A team of scientists has decoded virtually the entire genome of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, a creature that for nearly a century has been at the center of studies to reveal the role of genes in disease, behavior, and development.

The feat not only will help scientists glean information about human biology and disease from genetic counterparts in Drosophila's genome but also appears to validate a controversial technique that is currently being used by some laboratories to sequence the human genome.

The milestone, announced here at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, was achieved through a collaborative effort between researchers from a biotechnology company, Celera Genomics in Rockville, Md, and federally funded researchers, primarily the Drosophila Genome Project Group at the University of California, Berkeley. The team has identified more than 97% of the fruit fly's genetic code . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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