Drosophila conference: To be held in India for first time
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Drosophila is a genus of two-winged flies commonly known as fruit flies.
Pune is set to host the fifth edition of the Asia-Pacific Drosophila Research Conference which is being organised in the country for the first time by the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER).
Its genome is entirely sequenced and there is enormous information available about its biochemistry, physiology and behaviour,
Drosophila is one of the most widely-used and preferred model organisms in biological research across the world for the last 100 years.
Approximately 60% of a group of readily identified genes that are mutated, amplified, or deleted in a diverse set of human diseases have a counterpart in Drosophila.
