BIOL 101 Lecture 39: 39
29 Jul 2020
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The high degree of genetic similarity in the species mentioned and, in fact, throughout the animal. Kingdom not only validates the evolutionary phenomenon, but also has powerful implications in the study of human biology and pathology. Having so many genes in common with organisms like. Drosophila, there are many aspects of biology and human disease that can be studied in flies without the experimental and ethical limitations that human material imposes. The underlying philosophy is that much of the progress in knowledge that we achieve in drosophila will be applicable to ourselves. As we saw earlier, the study of hox genes in flies is yielding very important information about the role of those same genes in our own species. Regarding pathological processes, the latest estimates indicate that 74% of genes related to human diseases are present in drosophila. It is, therefore, a source of information of enormous importance for the basic knowledge of human disease.
