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It'll Never Fly: When Gene Names Are TOO Fun

Science Diction by Science Friday and WNYC Studios

Jul 7, 202100:25:29Science & Medicine

In 1910, a fruit fly geneticist named Thomas Hunt Morgan noticed something strange in one of his specimens. Out of his many, many fruit flies—all with brilliant red eyes—a single fly had white eyes. This fruit fly turned...