Surprising find reveals asymmetry in identical-looking fruit fly organs
September 16, 2025
September 16, 2025
ITHACA, New York, Sept. 16 -- Cornell University posted the following news:
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Surprising find reveals asymmetry in identical-looking fruit fly organs
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At Cornell, Dawn Chen, Ph.D. '22, was counting sperm stored in a pair of organs called spermathecae in female fruit flies, fully expecting the counts to be roughly the same.
The two spermathecae, which store and release sperm after a female mates, look identical, so Chen w . . .
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Surprising find reveals asymmetry in identical-looking fruit fly organs
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At Cornell, Dawn Chen, Ph.D. '22, was counting sperm stored in a pair of organs called spermathecae in female fruit flies, fully expecting the counts to be roughly the same.
The two spermathecae, which store and release sperm after a female mates, look identical, so Chen w . . .