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  • 5000495546233102500247762767312501238140103PublicAssets/3607A fruit fly ovary, shown here, contains as many as 20 eggs. Fruit flies are not merely tiny insects that buzz around overripe fruit—they are a venerable scientific tool. Research on the flies has shed light on many aspects of human biology, including biological rhythms, learning, memory, and neurodegenerative diseases. Another reason fruit flies are so useful in a lab (and so successful in fruit bowls) is that they reproduce rapidly. About three generations can be studied in a single month. <Br><Br> Related to image <a href="/pages/DetailPage.aspx?imageid2=3656" target=_blank>3656</a>. This image was part of the <em>Life: Magnified</em> exhibit that ran from June 3, 2014, to January 21, 2015, at Dulles International Airport.Denise Montell, Johns Hopkins University and University of California, Santa BarbaraHogan Tang and Denise Montell, Johns Hopkins University and University of California, Santa BarbaraPhotograph

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    A fruit fly ovary, shown here, contains as many as 20 eggs. Fruit flies are not merely tiny insects that buzz around overripe fruit—they are a venerable scientific tool. Research on the flies has shed light on many aspects of human biology, including biological rhythms, learning, memory, and neurodegenerative diseases. Another reason fruit flies are so useful in a lab (and so successful in fruit bowls) is that they reproduce rapidly. About three generations can be studied in a single month.

    Related to image 3656. This image was part of the Life: Magnified exhibit that ran from June 3, 2014, to January 21, 2015, at Dulles International Airport.

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    Denise Montell, Johns Hopkins University and University of California, Santa Barbara

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    Hogan Tang and Denise Montell, Johns Hopkins University and University of California, Santa Barbara

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