November 6, 1998
Scientists Breed Fruit Flies That Can Survive Stress
Researchers have created a genetic mutation in fruit flies that confers longer life and an increased ability to survive stress. Learning the biochemical effects of the mutation should lead to a better understanding of how organisms withstand stress, the scientists said.
Seymour Benzer, a professor emeritus of neuroscience at the California Institute of Technology, and two colleagues created a series of mutant
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