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July 21, 2014 | 12:55 pm

When temperatures drop, newly-discovered process helps fruit flies cope

Rochester biologist Michael Welte and his team made their discovery while studying the internal mechanisms of the egg cell of the fruit fly, known as Drosophila. What keeps the assembly line functioning—based on the new research—is a protein called Klar.

topics: cold-blooded, Department of Biology, drosophila, fruit fly, Michael Welte, School of Arts and Sciences,