The three of us have worked on the development of the small and totally harmless fruit fly, Drosophila. … - Christiane Nusslein-Volhard

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Christiane Nusslein-Volhard

The three of us have worked on the development of the small and totally harmless fruit fly, Drosophila. This animal has been extremely cooperative in our hands - and has revealed to us some of its innermost secrets and tricks for developing from a single celled egg to a complex living being of great beauty and harmony. . . . None of us expected that our work would be so successful or that our findings would ever have relevance to medicine.

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