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Also Known As Drosophila • pomace fly • small fruit fly

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Key People

Thomas Hunt Morgan
Thomas Hunt Morgan
American biologist
Theodosius Dobzhansky
American scientist
Jules Hoffmann
Jules Hoffmann
French immunologist
Francisco J. Ayala
Francisco J. Ayala
American geneticist and biologist
George Wells Beadle.
George Wells Beadle
American geneticist
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
German geneticist
Guido Pontecorvo
Italian geneticist
Michael Rosbash
American geneticist
Michael W. Young
American geneticist
Jeffrey C. Hall
American geneticist

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