Scientists from Université de Rennes use an usual organism for their research, the sub-Antarctic wingless fly, Anatalanta aptera. This fly is interesting because it has a long imaginal life thus offering a good model to study evolution and senescence. A study recently published in Biology Letters showed that contrary to expectation older flies recovered better [...]
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Long-lived sub-Antarctic wingless fly surprises researchers
December 8th, 2009 · 1 Comment
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