Environment
Fruit Flies' Microbiomes Shape Their Evolution
The expression "you are what you eat" has taken on new meaning. In an experiment in fruit flies or Drosophila melanogaster, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have found that adding different species of microbes to the flies' food caused populations to diverge genetically, racking up significant genomic changes in just five generations.
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