Control gene for developmental timing discovered
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - 14:00
in Biology & Nature
University of Alberta researchers have identified a key regulator that controls the speed of development in the fruit fly. When the researchers blocked the function of this regulator, animals sped up their rate of development and reached maturity much faster than normal.
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