Very Smart Fruit Flies Yield Clues to the Molecular Basis of Memory
IN bottles lining a wall of a Long Island laboratory there are swarms of fruit flies with an unusual ability. They have been endowed with a gene that gives them photographic memory. In bottles nearby are their less fortunate cousins, genetically engineered for forgetfulness. And one floor below scamper another product of the genetic engineer’s art: amnesiac mice…read more