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Deus ex genomix

The full sequence of the Drosophila genome is now available. A comparison with other genomes promises to yield many new insights into how genes control neural development and function.

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Figure 1: Adult Drosophila maxillary palp, in which odorant receptor neurons (red) are visualized with lacZ under the control of an odorant receptor promotor (DOR104).

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