Fruit Flies Help Sniff Out New Insect Repellents

Wednesday, September 22, 2010 - 11:49 in Biology & Nature

Research by Yale scientists, published in the journal GENETICS, identifies pieces of control DNA that turn on or off genes that allow fruit flies to differentiate between smells, paving the way for better insect repellents.

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